2. Different 3d modeling programs are better at different things. Meshmixer is really good at some organic shape manipulations. Tinkercad is very limiting.
3. Not all slicing programs will give you the volume
4. Just because it isn't a default in your printers config doesn't mean it won't work.
5. Clone a willy kits have limitations, may not suit your needs or be available, or you may want more control of the process.
FTR, Blender and MoI3D is also good choice for organic (NURBS/B-spline) surface modeling.
Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
For example, "Why do X when you could do Y" assumes they were aware of Y and consciously chose X over Y. It is overly presumptuous especially since you don't know them. It also carries the implication that you think Y is a better "default" choice and comes across as a prompt for them to defend why they chose X instead. It might be better phrased as "Had you considered Y instead of X, and if so, I am curious why you chose X instead?"
Also the phrase "Why would you do X" kind of comes across as "Who in their right mind would do X". A better way to say it is something like "Curious about the use of X? In my experience Y works better, have you had a chance to try that yet?"
Thank you for taking the time to explain <3
Because 3D builder is legit better than tinkercad in many ways, but you're free to use tinkercad, it's totally a matter of preference. I actually list it as an option in the article, so not sure what prompted this comment.
Tinkercad won't give you volume info and nor will most organic sculpting software.
Are you talking about "magic numbers" with regard to the layer height? If so, I'm printing on a delta so it basically doesn't matter.
Yes, because it removes the layer lines, which is the main health risk in printed toys (and without smoothing those layer lines just get transferred to the toy, silicone picks up microscopic details)
Why do this rather than clone a Willy? If your willy looks like the sex toy in this blog post, you'd probably better see a doctor.