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Maker workshop

A worked example: a workshop with 3D printers, a parts wall, and things that get made and sold. This one leans on Machines, Digital fabrication, Builds, and Inventory working as one system.

What you end up with​

  • Every printer as a machine record, with a 3D Printers area giving them printer-specific fields.
  • Filament and hardware as inventory with reorder points, so running out is a flagged view, not a surprise mid-print.
  • Builds defined as recipes ("one kit = these printed parts + this hardware"), with "how many can I build right now" answered live.
  • Print jobs sent to the machines from Cobblr and tracked to completion.
  • Maintenance history per machine: nozzle swaps, belt tension, firmware.

Putting it together​

  1. Add your machines, with the 3D Printers area for the printer-specific fields.
  2. Stock the inventory: filament, fasteners, electronics, each with a location and a reorder point.
  3. Connect digital fabrication so Cobblr can send files to the printers it can reach, and track the jobs.
  4. Define builds for the things you assemble. Recording a build consumes the parts from stock on its own.
  5. Log upkeep in Maintenance so each machine carries its service history.

Selling what you make closes the loop: Sales orders draw from the same stock the builds feed, and Purchases restocks what runs low.

Connecting a printer happens right in the machine's create flow: add the machine, pick how Cobblr reaches it (its firmware's API, a manager, or through the bridge), and jobs can route to it from then on.