[General] 3d printing

[strages]

Both Makerbots and Repraps use stl files for input, but yeah I've heard
there's a plugin for SketchUp.  Phil and I have been working on finishing up
the reprap, but it's still about a month out from being finished given work
schedules.  The fourth Friday of every month there's the Huntsville Open
Manufacturing meetup at the shop, I think a lot of the attendees would be
interested in seeing SketchUp and, eventually, seeing a model printed that
was made in it.

Raymond

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Michael Spiceland <mspiceland at gmail.com>wrote:

> I visited a few pig roasts ago and saw a 3D printer (maybe a MakerBot)
> and a CNC machine.  I've since gotten decent at making 3D objects in
> Google SketchUp .  I wanted to inquire to see if you all had any
> experience sucking in files generated in SketchUp to make real things.
>
> I can make some sample widgets in SketchUp if someone wanted to play
> with it.  With the free version, it can export KMZ and DAE [1].  The
> MakerBot FAQ, in particular, says it works from STL files.  It should
> be as easy as installing a plugin for SketchUp and and cleaning up the
> model before it is exported [2].  In any event, it looks very doable.
>
> [1] http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/product/whygopro.html
>
> [2] http://wiki.makerbot.com/google-sketchup
>
> Thanks!
> Michael
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