Defcad Files: Repository 2021 ((free))

The DEFCAD files repository of 2021 was more than a download hub. It was a cultural artifact of a moment when distributed manufacturing collided with constitutional rights. For every user who printed a perfect Glock frame on an $200 Ender 3, there was a lawmaker drafting a bill to criminalize the file.

The DEFCAD repository did not exist in a vacuum. Three major legal and cultural shifts defined 2021: defcad files repository 2021