Hellooo! I'm trying my hands at 3D printing. At the regional library, we have a maker space where 3D printers are available for use. I attended a compulsory briefing and given the resources, I'm trying to figure things out. The ground rules are reasonable for public usage. I was hoping to print something useful for the art rooms. Thinkercad was used to design my sign and while I was printing, a mom and her son were printing name tags for teachers' day gifts. What a resourceful and patient boy! As only one registered user can use the lab once a week, one has to return to the lab quite often. Sometimes, the printed object might have flaw(s) which require minor tweaks in the digital file and printing it again.
pinshape.com
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| Printing layer by layer |
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| The % of infill determines the density. It's not a whole solid. |
The original blueprints are created using Computer Aided Design (CAD) programmes such as Sketchup, Tinkercad, Solidworks and AutoCAD Students.
There are 3D printing designs that come from community digital file sharing such as:
pinshape.com
thingiverse.com
myminifactory.com
For technology that scans an object then producing a printable 3D file:
skanect.occipital.com
reconstructme.net
