I’ve never used a 3d printer before but want to get one. I have a bit experience in blender but not too much. My question is: How do you model for a 3d print? For example, if I want to print a hollow cylinder, I go into blender, create cylinder and delete the side faces. If I print this, the walls will be pretty thin. Do I have to make them bigger manually? and if I do so (extrude and scale) does my slicer (cura) automatically fill in the solid part?

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    1. Learn basic freecad
    2. Learn basic openscad
    3. Learn how to use openscad in freecad
    4. Iterate

    Side note, freecad is CPU bound, so use a good CPU.