It's good to see so many using 3d software.
I've been thinking of an entry level 3D printer, and as a long time dyed in the wool Linux user my software choices may be a bit more limited than Win users but it's a small sacrifice to not have to be using MS stuff anymore.
That said, I started diddling with Blender and as an ex-programmer I REALLY find it hard to believe that coders STILL setup program defaults as if they had an 8086 processor, 32k of RAM and a 10 megabyte drive.
Egads, NOT enabling reading .stl files (and having to import) and 3d printing? No info on how to enable / configure specific printers? With enormously fast processors today, several gigs of RAM in the typical PC and terrabytes of hard drive space?
Rant off :-)
I just started struggling with Blender and will hope to find it works out before investing in a printer.