My sister who studies math, comes from a very different educational background, and as a result does not have experience using CAD software to provide me with an STL file. I can simply import this STL file into my slicer program, generate the code for the 3D printer, and start printing the part.
These requests are usually made with them providing me an STL file of their model. In the past when I have been asked to print 3D parts, the requests have come from engineers and technologists with some experience using 3D CAD software such as Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, FreeCAD, etc.
This shape is from Alex McDonough’s research paper: “A Combinatorial Mapping For The Higher-Dimensional Matrix-Tree Theorem”. My sister recently commisioned me to make a 3D printed model of a mathematical shape.
