[tpvagnini]

3D printing definitely has it's place in frc and in the build season, but it shouldn't be used for everything and it's very easy to get carried away and 3d print too much.

My team uses professional Stratasys 3d printers, a uPrint, objet 30, and a new Fortus for this year. We print the majority of our parts in ABS with about 90% infill.

Like people have mentioned before, 3d printers are great for spacers, ball/object guide rails, and even lightweight mounting brackets.

During the build season it's fine to prototype anything with the 3d printer, but from experience, any criticals part should be replaced with stronger parts before competition.

For any 3d printed parts that make it to competition, make sure you 3d printed them properly, (correct orientation, infill, material) and made plenty of extras.