Now that Benchy’s are off the market, what are your go to test models? I’ve seen Cali Cat and the torture toaster as examples.
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We print boatys now…
https://makerworld.com/en/models/972949#profileId-945062 https://www.printables.com/model/1141963-3d-boaty
There’s a thread going on at the other site about this if you want more info (/r/3dprinting)
I just got done reading about the benchy controversy and now I see that someone turned out an alternative model less than 24h ago with a master class troll of a name. What an absolute legend.
Agreed. I normally lurk, like a lot, but it was enough for me to login to spread the trolling.
This is hilariously named like reddit’s /r/trees being about marijuana and /r/marijuanaenthusiasts being about trees.
Since this licence has not been enforced for the past 7 years by Creative Tools (company that designed the orignal benchy), it’s probably safe to assume that it has something to do with NTI Group acquiring the company in march 2024…
Juan Guerrero’s public domain Artevita Sphere is a decent replacement torture print.
A creative license can be a bitch. It prevents companies like Microsoft and Bambu from taking open source code private and can stop funny derivative works from being created by Joe Schmuck for fun.
You can still print all the boatys you want. You just can’t remix them.
Wait, I can remix them, I just can’t publish my remixes. Correct? Outside of “what’s anyone gonna do to stop me”
Pretty much
Few manufacturing processes allow you to customize and iterate on designs like 3d printing. Taking a design with such a restrictive license and making it central to 3d printing undermines the entire field.
It’s still a valid open source license–like it or not. And it DOES offer protections from rapacious corporations that will hold up in court.
Don’t be so surprised that this blade will cut in two directions. The onus is on you to read and understand.
Unpopular opinion: The license makes sense and should have been enforced from the start.
The Benchy is a benchmarking tool, not just visually but there are also various features you can measure and check against the dimensions on the website. But that doesn’t work if the model you’re printing has been modified.
If it looks like a beachy, it should have been printed from the original model, so it’s always comparable. Preventing derivatives means you can be sure of that, even if it came on the included SD card with your printer. Otherwise, manufacturers could include a modified model that makes their printers look better than they are.
whats happening with benchy?
Benchy license apparently prohibits derivative works. hackaday
For a benchmarks designed to test printer performance, isn’t this a good thing? Allowing derivative works would allow a printer manufacturer to modify a benchy model to best suit their printer’s strengths, potentially defeating the purpose.
It would be one thing to try to charge people for benchy, but that’s not happening. This sort of seems reasonable? Or am I wrong?
The problem is they’ve been going after parody derivatives. Think of someone taking it and putting arms on it, or putting Steamboat Willy at the wheel.
I don’t think I’ve ever printed a benchy in the first place. And I knew about its license from the beginning.
