FLOSS Weekly 92
Recorded: October 21, 2009
Published: October 23, 2009
- Bre Pettis ( )
MakerBot, an affordable open source 3D printer for home users.
A brief overview of how an object is designed and printed will be explained. I will use the Twit Coin that I (RobertHunt) created as an example. The process starts by creating a digital design on the computer. There is a wide range of software available to do this, I chose to use Blender as it's open source and something I'm comfortable with. The design was based on an existing thing which was the MakerBot Coin. I removed the logo and then used a copy of the TWIT logo to trace the new design.
Once the design was complete, a render was generated to give an impression of what the object might look like and to provide a nice image to use on Thingiverse.
The next step was to upload the design to Thingiverse and share it with the world. Also since I don't own a 3D printer I could not print it out, but not to worry.
MakerBot Industries Home of the MakerBot where you can check out the store, blog, wiki and forums.
Thingiverse A place to share digital designs that can be made into real, physical objects.
RepRap The project behind the MakerBot that aims to develop a self replicating rapid prototyper.
Questions from the audience
- Edited by: Tony
- Notes: Tony forgot to upload the file so the show was delayed by one day.
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