Printing Urban Terrains

Apr 23, 2012 | Design, In the News, Printing

Even if you’re not into gaming, perhaps you can appreciate the idea of printing urban plans and geographic forms.  See below for a Minecraft village 3D print from a group known as “post-apocalyptic research institute.” Their flickr stream has more...

Upcoming Open House

Apr 18, 2012 | @UR

See the CTLT Makerbot 3D printer live this Friday – more info on the Open House tab.

MeshLab

Apr 4, 2012 | Design

  MeshLab is a nice freeware app for massaging 3D designs that have polygonal meshed surfaces.  It is a Windows app.  The Center has often used it to tweak designs that come in STL (stereolithography) format in order to simplify the structure by reducing the number of...

Open Sources for 3D Designs

Apr 4, 2012 | Design

We hope to find many more open sources for 3D designs, but the following list are the ones we have used in the Center. Thingiverse – started by Makerbot Industries, this is the site for finding (and sharing!) ready-to-print designs. Google 3D Warehouse –...

Now That’s a Rockin’ Printer

Apr 3, 2012 | In the News, Printing

TJ McCue at Forbes posted an article about One.61, a New Zealand company that does product development work, including a foray into 3D printing. Although we have not worked with anyone for product development, the UR CTLT does have connections with a few services that...