Welcome to this thread! This is for people of all experience levels, but it is specially made for beginners who have a lot of questions and need some patient people to help them out. I look forward to seeing where this goes.
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Maybe we ought to see if we can get this as a pinned topic or something like that.
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Any ideas on how to do that? I think that would be great and beneficial to so many people! We would definitely need to develop some rules for this thread too!
I get it but also sad that beginners and learners must tread so lightly in here.
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What do you mean by that?
They don’t have to. There are dozens of threads a day created by new people to the hobby that other users offer suggestions and help.
If you see something that you consider rude to a new user, flag the post and it will be dealt with.
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The wiki and academy are two fantastic places for information. Highly recommended.
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Thank you for including these!
For beginners who need help pricing their prints… this explanation by James Da Rock is great! BIG NEWS! + a little question - #25 by JamesDaRock
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No problem. The best problem solving method is always to go to the Wiki first, then here. I have seen a good amount of them be solved just by a link to the respective wiki article.
Some people treat new topics as a google search. Some do not realize that this is a community forum and Bambu employees are not active here.
It will be governed by the same rules of the forum. One doesn’t get to set rules just because one starts a thread.
Also as far as I can see, newbies have had no problem posting and getting help on this forum, other than the periodical popping-up of the puzzling question: why can’t I post on this forum? 
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Hello👋 So, I’m new to 3D printing. I bought our son a P1S for his 10th birthday. He had been asking for one so he can be creative and make his own crazy stuff.. lol.. he’s autistic and loves fidgets so with this printer he can also make his own that he likes from other creators. I’m learning to help understand it too, so I can help him understand it as well. This stuff is hard… lol… I’m not a very good tech person. My husband got me an Apple phone and I’m still trying to learn how to use it after 2 years.. I know that pathetic.. lol I’m hoping to learn some tips and tricks from all of you that are will willing to help an old lady like me who knows nothing about this awesome piece of creative machine
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Hey @Alweg223,
thanks a lot for linking my post from the other thread — really appreciate that 
I’m glad the simple cost breakdown is useful for the community.
Because of your original question there, I actually took some more time today to think it through properly and decided to go much deeper into it.
I ended up expanding it all the way from “design” to “real product” — including basically everything that needs to be considered if you want to do this in a realistic and sustainable way:
pricing, risk, development, scaling (single vs. series), and how to actually arrive at a market price from an economic perspective.
You can find the full breakdown here:
Full Cost Calculation – From Design to Final Selling Price by JamesDaRock
Maybe this helps to give a more complete picture beyond the basic example
Welcome to the forums and welcome to the Bambu ecosystem! What a wonderful gift for your son!! 3D printing is truly a magical concept. I will take 3d prints to people at school, and they look at me like I did a magic trick.
The best way to get experience and get better at this stuff is to work with it constantly and not all at once. I had a mentor explain to me that " you don’t practice turning on and off a light switch for hours every day, you walk by it every once in a while to get used to it."
We are here for any questions, comments, or concerns you may have! Welcome!
Hi Michelle.
I am also new to all of this.
I just jumped in here to look for how to sort models by quality: something I have still not learned. Oh well, the learning continues.
Ric
Quality is so subjective that it is almost impossible to sort by.
Sorting by boost is the best way. Until you gain the knowledge to judge a model.
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Hey! Welcome to this thread! What do you mean by quality?
Perhaps quality is the wrong term; perhaps I mean highest definition.
As long as I’m here right now, I’m also interested in the possibility of printing multi-part models, like the Revell kits of cars and planes my childhood recalls.
Thank you.
Thank you. I appreciate the guidance.
LOL here. I retired recently and my wife felt I needed another hobby…..I already do woodworking, wood turning, and computers. So she bought me a Bambu A1. I am loving the heck out of learning to use it. Now she gripes because I spend too much money on filament, odds and ends for supporting the hobby, and spending too much time in my shop. She says she created a monster. I guess she did as I am having the time of my life. My printer runs almost 24 hours a day. While it is printing I spend my time learning to use Free Cad. I have about mastered Tinker CAD….almost anyway. Regardless, it is a interesting hobby and a way to express yourself and organize with all the storage projects out there for my shop. I figure in about six months I will be needing a second printer just to keep up with everything I want to do.