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 Making a 3D printed nerf blaster (as a complete noob) So, I've decided to make a 3D-printed Nerf dart blaster. Why? because I bought a 3D printer. Why? because I wanted to print stuff, duh... So, first, we need CAD software. The choices are Solid Words --> too proprietary and too expensive for a hobbyist peasant like me to afford) NO!  Fusion 360? It --> Also too proprietary. Technically free, but they recently changed so that you can only have five projects or something saved on the cloud or... I don't know!!! commercial software, right? Evil overloads, I tell you.  NO!! Blender --> Free and open-source,  YES! Sharp and, amazingly well-crafted UI that puts paid software to shame... YES! Organic modeler that made me want to pull my hair out because I might be stupid at using it YES! (Wait, well that's no good...) Moving on...... FreeCAD (Free and open-source, YES  A bit broken and clunky (Topological naming problem... *cough* Ya ya, I know that you exi...