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Hardware
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MakerGear ((
http://makergear.com
): Makes and sells lots of useful hardware and
kits for DIY 3D printing projects
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Ultimachine (
http://ultimachine.com
): A great source of plastics and other 3D
printing electronics and hardware
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MakerBot (
www.makerbot.com
): sells the Thing-O-Matic, a popular 3DP kit, along
with electronics, filament, upgrades for your machine, and more. (Much of the
electronics used in the whiteAnt in this topic was purchased from MakerBot.)
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RepRap (
www.reprap.org
): An open source, DIY 3D printer website that provides
instructions for building the RepRap 3D printer
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McMaster-Carr (
www.mcmaster.com
): A good resource for machine screws, motor
collars, nuts and bolts, and other hardware
Software
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http://tinkercad.com
: Very easy-to-use, simple, but powerful web-based 3D
modeling
http://sketchup.google.com
: Easy modeling (requires STL plugin
www.guitar-
list.com/download-software/convert-sketchup-skp-files-dxf-or-stl
)
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www.openscad.org/ore
: Advanced modeling
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www.blender.or
g: Very advanced modeling
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http://meshlab.sourceforge.net
: Advanced model cleanup and modification tool
www.pleasantsoftware.com/developer/pleasant3d/index.shtml
: ESSENTIAL
software if you use OSX
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http://meshmixer.com
: Makes it “easy” to mix and mash up models in interesting
ways
http://my3dscanner.com
: Take pictures of things and have them turned into 3D
objects (requires skill with meshlab and/or blender)
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http://cloudscad.com
: Under development; my website that will one day allow
people to write and share openscad object
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Content
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www.thingiverse.com
: Really
the
source for 3D printable objects
http://reprap.org/wiki/The_RepRap_Object_Library
: Hopefully one day have a
better selecting, but pales in comparison to thingiverse
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