Open Source 3D printing goes psychadelic. Previously we spoke about the Open3dp project by the Solheim Lab of the University of Washington.
One of the exciting things they are working on is in cloning the RepRap Prusa. The Prusa is the simplest 3D printer in the stable of the open source 3D printer RepRap Project. A team of students managed to create molds that let them mold most of the body of the 3D printer within half an hour, they called the result Clonedels. Now the team has been playing some more with the molding and the result is very psychadelic. The Clonedel parts they made this time has molded in colors. Replicator™ 2X Desktop 3D Printer. OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller. Year One With a 3D Printer: 17 Tips. The 3D printing industry is expected to exceed $21 billion by 2020.
Classrooms are joining in. Kelly Hines' fifth-grade classroom is redesigning a prosthetic hand. Can't buy a drone? Soon, you may be able to print one. You can print robots, math manipulatives, and even parts for a 3D printer. What will happen when we can 3D print things from door stoppers to wind turbines to (wait for it) wedding dresses? Me and Bob Marley I will admit that "Bob Marley" and I had a rocky relationship. Here's some advice learned during my first year with a 3D printer. Technical Tips 1. After an hour of frustration with the written directions, I watched a video and did it perfectly. 2.
On my MakerBot, a white tube takes the filament from the spool at the back to the nozzle. 3. If you have problems, pick up the phone. 4. When loading most printers, a thread of super-hot filament drips out of the nozzle. 5. Student curiosity is normal, so meet it! 6. When I printed a cup, it felt stringy. 7. 8. 9. Create 3D digital designs with online CAD. Student Creates 3D Printer Controlled by Raspberry Pi Mini PC. He aptly calls it the Raspberry Pi 3D Printer The Raspberry Pi 3D Printer You all know about 3D printing.
Setting up Raspberry Pi for 3D Printing with RepRap. Having a 3D printer is cool, but requires a PC to be attached to it for control and monitoring (things like jogging, setting temperatures and even sending the gcode).
Wouldn’t it be nice if the PC was a small circuit board attached to the printer making it a compact all-in-one solution? Here is how to use a Raspberry Pi $25 PC to do exactly that! 3D Printering: Making A Thing With OpenSCAD. This week, we’re starting off with OpenSCAD, a 3D modelling program that’s more like programming than drawing.
A lot of useful 3D printable objects – including the parts for a lot of RepRaps – are designed in OpenSCAD, so hopefully by the end of this you’ll be able to design your own parts. This isn’t meant to be a complete tutorial for OpenSCAD; I’m just demoing SCAD enough to build a simple part. Next week I’ll most likely be designing a part with AutoCAD, but if you have an idea of what software tools I should use as a tutorial to make a part, leave a note in the comments. Check out the 3D Printering guide to making a part with OpenSCAD below. First, some basics The basic idea behind OpenSCAD is constructive solid geometry this is a modeling technique that uses basic primitives such as a sphere, cube, or cylinder along with basic boolean operations to create an object. Brain dead simple, right? In OpenSCAD, the union command is implicit. And the intersection command: Our Thing. Préparer votre fichier pour l'impression 3D avec SolidWorks.
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