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title: "Ideas and Planning"
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category: "meetup"
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order: 4
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description: "Future challenge concepts, workshop topics, and community suggestions."
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tags:
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- meetup
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- planning
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[← Back to Home Page](../Readme.md)
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# Ideas & Planning
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We actively incorporate suggestions from community members. Here are concepts currently in development for upcoming meetups:
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## Future Challenge Ideas
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- **"Sliced" Rapid Design Competition**: Timed on-site modeling/slicing challenge.
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- **Mechanical Compliance**: 100% print-in-place compliant mechanisms without hardware.
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- **Recycled & Sustainable Materials**: Prints made with rPLA and recycled filaments.
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## Workshop & Presentation Topics
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- Advanced Scarf Seam calibration in OrcaSlicer and PrusaSlicer.
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- Multi-color filament painting and HueForge layer optimization.
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- Designing functional snap-fit joints and tolerances.
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## Community Outreach Initiatives
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- **School Partnerships**: Outreach to robotics teams and STEM programs.
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- **Discord Integration**: Online community voting and suggestions.
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