Design Resources
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| 3D Printing | 2D Cutting | Misc |
Getting Started
- High level introduction to 2D and 3D personal fabrication with some emphasis on Google Sketchup
- http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Anything-Using-Acrylic-and-Machine-Sc/
- 3D Design for 3D Printing --presentation by member Mike H
- Need more introductory materials, tutorials, etc.
Libraries
- Thingiverse - Library of thousands of 2 and 3 dimensional objects
- Trimble Sketchup 3D Warehouse
- http://www.grabcad.com/library
- http://www.123dapp.com/content
- http://thenounproject.com/
- http://www.3dfilter.com/
- http://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vectors
- http://www.iheartvector.com/category/free/
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Tools
Printer Settings and Scripts
- Print Settings for Various Materials Hive13 members' print settings, scripts, and useful tips.
Online
- Studio Ludens - Design generation tools
- http://tinkercad.com/ - 3D solid modelling
- http://cloudscad.com - cloud version of OpenSCAD source code on github
- https://www.autocadws.com/ 2D autocad
- http://www.3dtin.com/ - 3D modeling with blocks
Offline
- meshmixer - STL file manipulation
- Inkscape - vector graphics
- Blender - 3D modeling
- OpenSCAD - programmatic 3D CAD
- Qcad - 2D CAD
- Elise - computer generated L-systems
- 123D - 3D modeling app
- Google Sketchup - 3D modeling app. See this blog entry for tips
- SketchChair - computer aided flat-pack furniture design
- http://www.autocadws.com/mobile/ - 2D autocad app for Android and iOS
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/lcalg/ - An algorithm that generates sheets of polygons and connectors that can be laser-cut and connected with cotter pins to form arbitrary 3d surfaces.
- Draftsight - Free 2D CAD for Windows, OSX, and Linux
- Sculptris - Free 3D sculpting software for Windows & OSX
Hive13 Art
See: Hive13 Art for logos, etc.