And you have every right to be. I am not affected by this but this is outrageous.
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@makerworld seems to me that one possible solution is to only allow uploads from the handy app of models that were succesfully printed and include the timelapse of the print.
This may sound like only those with BL printers will beable to upload so what you do is only give points to users with BL printers. Users wo BL printers can upload models but only print profiles get the points and theres no checkbox to transfer them to the model uploader
Please remove the requirement for a photo upload on private owned uploads. I upload prints for private use/testing that have zero chance of ending up public in the future. Having the photo requirement is pointless and a pain considering i could upload a screenshot of literally anything to get past this requirement, and it’s not for the public to see anyways.
What creator wants to have to use their phone to do their uploading? That would be a huge step backwards.
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My answer would be creators that want to earn points … although surely they could figure out a way to verify that the model was sucessfully printed and simply transfer the files that went through their cloud service wo you having to upload them again
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Yep. There is no rule against posting renders. There just is supposed to be an actual photo to show the actual printed model. They can post all the renders they want - as long as they include a photo. It’s absolutely not a problem. Anyone claiming that’s a hardship is grasping at straws.
If the rest of us can do it, they can too.
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Agreed. IMO the handy app is barely above dysfunctional. It has limited value beyond remote monitoring, and forcing people who work on CAD workstations to use a phone for uploading is not going to win any popularity contests.
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From your desk chair, you can simply capture the image from the camera in the printer, if one is installed, and take a screenshot. You can also monitor printing from your smartphone and perhaps take a screenshot there too. Or do you not print at all? Ok, then you have software that is so perfect that you don’t have to. Your design will simply always be printable. But actually Makerworld is about printable objects, not about uploading designs and hoping that they are printable, you should actually check that yourself.
Best regards!
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Have you guys seen these lately on Makerworld, he has multiple accounts and those models are not printable. Even his model shows a printed - it’s just random model splits in part and slap together in the slicer with rectangle tool.
Check comments and just a bunch of spam, low quality models deceiving users to download them. Soon realize they don’t print well and cannot be assembled. They are lying about “Print in Place” just to get user to download it.
They are farming download points.
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@MakerWorld you see this?
Links, always post links.
I just updated the post. Thanks for letting me know.
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11 out of his 14 top most downloaded models can all be reported as they have no image of an actual print.
The ones that he did print look like this
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report the model, not just the profile.
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If one of my artist presented this level of work to me, I’d fire them. You got me curious, kip, so I took a closer look at the train model. I had seen it before and already had bad opinions of it (I love me some trains, so). Your comment got me taking a closer look though
Uggh. This garbage geo. There’s so much garbage geo on this. It’s not just that it’s not printable, it’s that it is incredibly bad modeling. It’s garbage through and through. This kind of stuff is unacceptable.
This is just frustrating to look at. My day job, I’m an art lead, so part of that is evaluating the work of the other artist I work with. In all my years I’ve never had an artist present work even remotely this garbled. It’s just bad, and shows a lot of carelessness and lack of skill on the person that put it together.
Sorry, seeing that got me irrationally angry, and I had to rant a bit.
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i report model then in comments tell them its full of garbage files used to farm points and add images
Here’s the easter egg; He didn’t model any of them, he took them from a seller asset 3d model. I think one of them post he admitted it (not sure if I can find it anymore).
Found it…: Formula 1 Kit Card (OLD V1) by YahyaLd - MakerWorld
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Oh that wouldn’t surprise me at all. It looks like someone that has no experience took a probably decent model and chopped it into that monstrosity of polygons we now see before us. It’s a crime against polygons. I weep vertices. In a just world we would take it out back and put it out of it’s misery.
A choice quote from that “unfortunately, I have a home in my house”
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