3D Design for Printing and Robotics - July 2016 Meeting
Channel: NUNUG
Date: 2017-01-07

Phil Gilmore covers several free 3D design tools in-depth, with an emphasis on 3D printing, robotics, fabrication.  I start with an overview of popular tools that are available, I show how to use TinkerCAD and Autodesk 123D Design for 3D modeling.  Then I show a technique for replicating 2-dimensional real-world objects using InkScape and a 3D printer.  OctoPrint is demonstrated in the 3D printing stage.

3D printing was done on a laser-cut PrintrBot LC2 Plus 3D printer with OctoPrint running on a Raspberry Pi Model B (the original pre-rev-2 board).
https://printrbot.com/
http://octoprint.org/

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