[Lab] Fwd: 3D Printer Assembly + Artengine Blog

[Andrew O'Malley]

Cool stuff, James!


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From: James Acres <james at jamesacres.com>
Date: Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Lab] 3D Printer Assembly + Artengine Blog
To: Andrew O'Malley <aomalley at gmail.com>


Karsten Schmidt (toxi) did this and he has a great library to assist
in it. Here's a link to a project he did that used processing to
output to a 3d printer:
http://postspectacular.com/process/20080702_printmagcover

On 2010-05-04, at 5:10 PM, Andrew O'Malley wrote:

> Agreed!
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Ryan Stec <ryanstec at artengine.ca> wrote:
>> Something to look into would be shapes that could be rendered out of Processing into a format printable by the MakerBot. That would be rad!
>>
>> r
>> On 2010-05-04, at 12:22 AM, info at eepmon.com wrote:
>>
>>> Would like to help but up to my neck in preparation for the show.
>>> For software adding Processing and Eclipse to the software list would be nice :)
>>>
>>> Eric
>>> ---
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>>>
>>> On 3-May-10, at 10:36 AM, Andrew Plumb wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Ryan,
>>>>
>>>> Did anyone get back to you on documenting the process?  I'll bring along my own HV20 (with Raynox HD-7000PRO wide angle lens), tripod and a few tapes to set up in a corner and capture activity in addition to whatever others are doing.
>>>>
>>>> Software to install on the ArtEngine Mac(s):
>>>>
>>>> -Arduino 0018 if it's not there already.
>>>> - http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
>>>>
>>>> - ReplicatorG 0014: http://replicat.org/download
>>>> - Installation instructions: http://replicat.org/installation-mac
>>>> - If you haven't done any arduino stuff, be sure to explicitly install the included FTDI USB2TTL drivers.
>>>>
>>>> - Python (preferably v2.6) if it's not there already.
>>>> - I use MacPorts (http://www.macports.org/) for my CLI tools.
>>>>
>>>> - SkeinFox, v1.5: http://wiki.github.com/jmil/SkeinFox/
>>>> - A more friendly UI for skeinforge slicing models.
>>>> - Install git-1.6.5.1 for OS X: http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/downloads/list?can=3
>>>> - Download & Install SkeinFox: http://github.com/jmil/SkeinFox/downloads
>>>>
>>>> - Pleasant3D: http://www.pleasantsoftware.com/developer/pleasant3d/index.shtml
>>>> - For visualizing STL models before slicing and the resulting GCode after slicing.
>>>> - Very useful for centring and repositioning STL models for optimal build platform printing.
>>>>
>>>> - MeshLab: http://www.meshlab.org/
>>>> - Useful for troubleshooting 3D model issues, converting between formats, scaling from imperial to metric units, etc.
>>>>
>>>> - Google SketchUp 7 (not Pro): http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsu.html
>>>>
>>>> - Blender 2.49b: http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/
>>>>
>>>> - OpenSCAD:  http://openscad.org/
>>>> - Use the "openscad-latest.dmg" version: http://www.kintel.net/public/openscad-latest.dmg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That should cover the essentials!
>>>>
>>>> Andrew.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2010-04-29, at 10:56 AM, Ryan Stec wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey Everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought I would send out a bit more advanced notice of the next Mod Lab as the MakerBot kit is in and hopefully people can make it out for this one.
>>>>>
>>>>> I actually will not be able too as I must go to a festival in Montreal starting on Wednesday.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am wondering also if someone would like to document the process and do a blog entry for the Artengine blog. We pay a whopping $50 for the entries, but at least it makes it so you are not volunteering ;) Drop me an email if you are interested.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Ryan
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