Well, here's my first 3D designed project printed with a Dremel 3D45 over the weekend. Setup was a bit annoying. It's not clear that by selecting "UK" during the initial setup it prevents use of the online remote printing tool (as the Dremel's About screen does not show the Token needed to setup the online connection). Switching the Dremel from "UK" to "US" is the trick you need to get this working.
Apart from that it takes a little bit of practice to work out what prints well and which orientation you need for best results. In the photo below I made the two trays separately and designed them to click into the moon shaped parts.
I started using Autodesk Fusion but quickly switched to Sketchup 2020 for speed. I'd not really used Sketchup much but after a weekend of playing I'm getting pretty quick at new designs.
Overall I've been impressed with the printer. The parts produced (here in standard print quality mode) are perfectly useable. Standard mode is perfectly good enough for non-seen parts. You might want to use high quality mode for visible surfaces.
The biggest learning curve is finding a design tool that you can use.
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