3D Printing

Samples

• Car - CWH3 JMW12

• TinkerCAD Project Ideas

Challenges

• TinkerCAD

  • Learn TinkerCAD

    • Exporting to a .STL file

  • Lynda.com

    • Learning TinkerCAD

    • Tinkercad: Modeling Custom Designs for 3D Printing

  • TinkerCAD Lessons 1-7

• Making Everyday Objects: Part One

• Balloon Powered Car

Tools

• Software

  • Inkscape

  • Meshmixer - Add supports for printing - https://www.meshmixer.com/

  • SketchUp Make

  • SketchUp

  • TinkerCAD

  • SkethUp pro

Resources & How-To's

• Learning to use MakerBot 3D Printers (free with Baldwin or West Bloomfield library card)

• 10 things to know when you know nothing about 3D Printing

• Mr. Brown

• Sample Tutorial - MakerBot Replicator 2

• Thingiverse

• SketchUp Make

• SketchUp

• Export to Stl (Unit Millimeters) - How to export .stl files from Tinkercad - YouTube

  • Video Tutorials

  • Community Forums

  • http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials

  • http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/introduction-to-3d-design-printing-for-kids

  • 
    

  • How to Print

    • http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2013/12/09/makerbot-makerware-2-4-1-release/

    • http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2014/10/29/makerbot-software-new-makerbot-desktop/

  • Export to

    • These websites show you how to export your .skp file to an .stl file

    • https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/sketchup-stl

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13hXothTtaU (Good video watch from 1:44)

    • Once you have gone through the directions it will ask for the export unit (Size) and ASCII or Binary These websites will help you decide Binary or ASCII http://jcflowers1.iweb.bsu.edu/rlo/makerbot.htm

Tips And Tricks