Thingiverse perhaps not great O.K., everybody who uses this forum knows that Thingiverse is not great - indeed, saying it is f***ing useless would be quite charitable. As an additional little bit of not-greatness, they have now specifically stopped PDF files from being uploaded. I had a request for an amended file for a Thing I had on Thingiverse [www.thingiverse.com] so I created the requested STL files and uploaded them to Thingiverse and then edited my existing assembly instructions to reflect the changes. When I tried to upload the now .PDF file I found that PDFs were no longer uploadable - a condition that seems to have started about February this year. This proscription seems to be specific to .PDF files and I have been able to upload replacement instructions for Microsoft Word (.DOCX), Libre Office (.ODT) and Rich Text Format (.RTF). I was going to add .EPUB, .XML, .HTML and even .WPD (WordPerfect) but I thought three different formats was enough. Mike https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888897#msg-888897 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:06:34 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888993#msg-888993 Re: Thingiverse perhaps not great https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888993#msg-888993 I have copied most of my things to Printables.com where there is a lot more activity and may abandon putting anything on Thingiverse.

Mike]]> leadinglights General Tue, 05 Apr 2022 07:03:27 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888917#msg-888917 Re: Thingiverse perhaps not great https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888917#msg-888917
BTW, I have registered with printables.com but youmagine.com is broken at the moment - something about a 500 error. I will try again later.

Mike]]> leadinglights General Thu, 31 Mar 2022 06:18:29 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888909#msg-888909 Re: Thingiverse perhaps not great https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888909#msg-888909
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I'm no fan of Thingiverse, but why do you need to upload a pdf file? You can't just copy and paste text, and upload a few pictures?

Due to a poor upbringing involving education, military service, apprenticeships and so on, I tend to document everything I do. Looking back I realize that a much closer acquaintanceship with marijuana, chicks and rock and roll would have left me with more pleasant memories but I slipped into bad ways and the path of my life can be found in a paper trail of drawings, specifications, bills of material and assembly instructions

The PDF files that I include with things I have published on Thingiverse can be up to 10 pages long with dimensioned drawings, photographs, parts lists, bits of code and notes on assembly. It is difficult to get much in the instructions part of Thingiverse and a PDF is useful when downloaded along with the STL files for the parts.

I will look closely at youmagine.com and printables.com, hopefully, I will be able to work with them as I used to with Thingiverse before they went to the dark side.

Mike]]> leadinglights General Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:42:51 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888906#msg-888906 Re: Thingiverse perhaps not great https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888906#msg-888906 the_digital_dentist General Wed, 30 Mar 2022 09:34:20 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888905#msg-888905 Re: Thingiverse perhaps not great https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888905#msg-888905 www.printables.com] (formally prusaprinters.org)

Abandon thingiverse and never look back]]> Dust General Wed, 30 Mar 2022 08:50:39 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888904#msg-888904 Re: Thingiverse perhaps not great https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888904#msg-888904 the_digital_dentist General Wed, 30 Mar 2022 08:27:53 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888902#msg-888902 Re: Thingiverse perhaps not great https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888902#msg-888902 VDX General Wed, 30 Mar 2022 06:48:19 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888901#msg-888901 Re: Thingiverse perhaps not great https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888901#msg-888901
It seems that workarounds are not permitted and I guess in the original terms of service I gave up any right to question or bypass anything Thingiverse decides.

Mike]]> leadinglights General Wed, 30 Mar 2022 05:25:40 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888898#msg-888898 Re: Thingiverse perhaps not great https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888898#msg-888898
... some more info for the cause? -- if for security reason, then some of the other formats are even more "vulnerable" :S]]> VDX General Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:45:16 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888897#msg-888897 Thingiverse perhaps not great https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,888897,888897#msg-888897
I had a request for an amended file for a Thing I had on Thingiverse [www.thingiverse.com] so I created the requested STL files and uploaded them to Thingiverse and then edited my existing assembly instructions to reflect the changes. When I tried to upload the now .PDF file I found that PDFs were no longer uploadable - a condition that seems to have started about February this year. This proscription seems to be specific to .PDF files and I have been able to upload replacement instructions for Microsoft Word (.DOCX), Libre Office (.ODT) and Rich Text Format (.RTF). I was going to add .EPUB, .XML, .HTML and even .WPD (WordPerfect) but I thought three different formats was enough.

Mike]]> leadinglights General Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:36:36 -0400