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Printytron – Describe a part, get a printable STL

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Re: Printytron – Describe a part, get a printable STL

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valcarvalho wrote: post #21

Dude! This is so freaking cool. Curious to know how much are you spending in LLMs to generate each model.

Thanks! Well, it had previously been about $5usd a day. Until today and this post... So far in the last 24 hours I've auto topped up while I was asleep 4 times and spent $170 bucks on inference alone.

The complexity of the model does heavily influence the cost. Some models can cost me at little as 7 cents to generate. Others can be a couple bucks.

At the moment I'm focusing on user experience. I just trying to make a product people love as number 1 priority. I'm constantly trying to improve the speed and quality of the model outputs for user. Thankfully, optimising speed helps bring costs down as a side effect too!

Re: Printytron – Describe a part, get a printable STL

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Post by Printytron »

This was very unexpected to wake up to this morning! I'm seeing about 10 to 20 times the traffic I normally would.

Please if you have any user feedback or bugs or feature requests - let me know! I'm listening.

I'm just trying to make a product people love and delivers value.

And if you find it useful, please share it with a friend.

Re: Printytron – Describe a part, get a printable STL

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Post by taylorfinley »

Printytron wrote: post #23
valcarvalho wrote: post #21

Dude! This is so freaking cool. Curious to know how much are you spending in LLMs to generate each model.

Thanks! Well, it had previously been about $5usd a day. Until today and this post... So far in the last 24 hours I've auto topped up while I was asleep 4 times and spent $170 bucks on inference alone. The complexity of the model does heavily influence the cost. Some models can cost me at little as 7 cents to generate. Others can be a couple bucks. At the moment I'm focusing on user experience. I just trying to make a…

I'm also self-funding my own solo-dev "in it for the love of the game" agentic app[0], mine for woodworking. It also supports STL output for printing the woodworking designs.

I found building an MCP was the easiest way to avoid paying for inference or having to charge to try it out. Anyone can add the MCP to chatgpt or claude and use their subscription to do the inference.

[0] sawdust.diy

Re: Printytron – Describe a part, get a printable STL

#28

Post by Printytron »

pyuser314 wrote: post #26

This is implemented well. FWIW: I find explaining to Claude or Gemini what I want and that I’m using Openscad works super well. The bonus is that I can make further changes in Openscad or continue the chat to further refine the code.

Thank you! I'm glad you like it! Please let me know if you have any feedback or hit bugs.

I've found printy works best if you prompt her like:

1. Situational context (eg: my kids pull the toilet paper and it free spins till the roll is empty)

2. Specifics (eg: my roll holder is 9mm in diameter and 10cm long)

3. Desired outcome (eg: I want something I can clip on it to add friction and slow the roll down from spinning)

Re: Printytron – Describe a part, get a printable STL

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Post by fragmede »

Printytron wrote: post #28
pyuser314 wrote: post #26

This is implemented well. FWIW: I find explaining to Claude or Gemini what I want and that I’m using Openscad works super well. The bonus is that I can make further changes in Openscad or continue the chat to further refine the code.

Thank you! I'm glad you like it! Please let me know if you have any feedback or hit bugs. I've found printy works best if you prompt her like: 1. Situational context (eg: my kids pull the toilet paper and it free spins till the roll is empty) 2. Specifics (eg: my roll holder is 9mm in diameter and 10cm long) 3. Desired outcome (eg: I want something I can clip on it to add friction and slow the roll down from spinning…

Wait, can you share the STL for that, via the site?
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