Cut, Push-fit or Inlay?

Three ways to join the parts, on the same mosquito. Cut goes right through and adds joints: built-in pins, loose tenons, or magnet sockets so it comes apart again. Push-fit cut turns one part into a tapered plug that pushes into a socket in the other, like a figure kit's neck into its body, with no pins. Inlay cut presses the shape into the model instead of cutting through, leaving a recess and a piece to print in another colour, such as eyes or a badge.

A mosquito cut with Push-fit cut: the blue body with a round socket, and the orange head with its tapered plug — Pressing play loads the video from YouTube. Or watch it on YouTube.

In the video

Cut, with a built-in pin
Push-fit cut
Inlay cut

In the Inlay panel, Depth sets how thick the inlay is and Fit sets the gap round it (0.2 mm to start), so it still presses in once printed. In the Push-fit panel, Plug length sets how far the plug reaches into the other part.

New here? Start with Your first cut. To draw the seam itself, see Band and Rope cuts and Paint to cut.

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