Benchy is that cute little boat that everyone uses to calibrate their 3D printer. [Emily The Engineer] asked the obvious question—why isn’t it a real working boat? Then she followed through on ...

The 3DBenchy, or Benchy for short, is a popular test model ... It comes in rather handy, but at this point has also become something of a meme within the 3D printer community.

The company said in a press release it had no interest in monetizing 3DBenchy and did not ask Printables to remove the files.