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This page is about creating models for 3D-printing. It's mostly geared towards Sudoers using our [[Type_A_Machine|Type-A Machine]] 3D printer, but models can be made by anyone anywhere, just like word documents don't have to be made on a machine attached to a 2D printer. | This page is about creating models for 3D-printing. It's mostly geared towards Sudoers using our [[Type_A_Machine|Type-A Machine]] 3D printer, but models can be made by anyone anywhere, just like word documents don't have to be made on a machine attached to a 2D printer. | ||
== STL | == STL Models == | ||
STL files are wireframe/polygonal representations of a 3D model. There's a number of ways to | STL files are wireframe/polygonal representations of a 3D model. There's a number of ways to get them: | ||
* [http://openjscad.org/ | === Write OpenSCAD (recommended) === | ||
[http://www.openscad.org/ OpenSCAD] is a programming language for describing 3D shapes. You write code on the left, and it renders your model on the right. Then you can export an STL file. It has many benefits: | |||
* free, open source, cross-platform | |||
* keyboard-centric, less mouse dragging | |||
* your models are deterministic | |||
* you can easily track your changes with git | |||
* the [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual manual] is pretty straightforward | |||
* there's even a [http://openjscad.org/ browser javascript version]! | |||
But the software still has a long way to go. Some annoying things about OpenSCAD: | |||
* single-threaded rendering, so complex models take a long time | |||
* no persistent cache, so if you close it, you must render all over again | |||
* GUI blocks on rendering, so if your render takes too long you must kill it (save often) | |||
=== Use other modeling software === | |||
* Google Sketchup is exceptionally easy to use because they profit when you map buildings for them. | |||
* [http://tinkercad.com Tinkercad] (in Google Chrome) | * [http://tinkercad.com Tinkercad] (in Google Chrome) | ||
* [http://blender.org Blender] | * [http://blender.org Blender] | ||
You can | === Download them === | ||
You can find premade STL files: | |||
* On [http://thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] | * On [http://thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] | ||
* On the [smb://space/sudoroom%20public%20data/Projects/3DPrinting local file server] | * On the [smb://space/sudoroom%20public%20data/Projects/3DPrinting local file server] | ||
* On sudoroom's [https://github.com/sudoroom github] ([https://github.com/sudoroom/ | * On sudoroom's [https://github.com/sudoroom github] ([https://github.com/sudoroom/magnets magnets], [https://github.com/sudoroom/sudo-blocks blocks], etc) | ||
== Slicing == | == Slicing == |