This is a list of resources that I find useful in my 3D printing work. I’ve often shared various forms of the list via email with my students and meetup attendees, but thought a webpage would be a better way…read more →
A college girl, a honeybee, and…a 3D printer? In which a landlord learns 3D printing replacement window screen parts is a cost effective solution to broken, outdated hardware. “All I want is some fresh air.” Julia, a 23 year old medical student,…read more →
Matt Donley runs an informative blog with Sketchup tutorials and Sketchup news at Master Sketchup. As he’s just starting to get into 3D printing, he asked me to write a post about 3D printing with Sketchup, which I was happy to do. In…read more →
This is the story of the project that launched my interest in 3D printing. In September 2010, i.materialise announced a 3D printed lamp design challenge. The guidelines were pretty simple – design an original lamp using Sketchup, taking advantage of 3D printing’s unique…read more →
A few weeks ago, Shapeways mentioned they’ve passed the 1 Million 3D print mark. I got to wondering, what does 1 Million things really look like? I made an illustration in Sketchup to show just that.
You have an idea for a thing, a physical product. I want to help enable you to take advantage of the power of 3D printing to make your thing. The bridge from your ideas to reality lies in 3D modeling software that…read more →