Free sketchup 3d model velvet longe chair #17

Designed, Modeled and Rendered by :
Assou-Abdul
(You can contact him with the info attached to the file )
web site:  https://www.behance.net/Assou
Profession : Architect Furniture Designer,
Work location : Kaunda Strt Dar es Salaam - Tanzania

Information on the 3D model
Assous, is the designer of the line "Core" which proposes design, modern classic, very refined.
They are items of furniture that will fit into any environment and peremettono to create a style timeless furniture sober and elegant.

The 3d model, blue velvet longe chair #17, is available in sketchup 8, and is shared exclusively with SketchUp texture. The complete file of this scene, longe chair, courtains, floor lamp, weighs 65.5 MB. A big thanks to Asoou  for sharing with us this elegant 3d model very nicely done !

Download HERE 3d sketchup model  velvet  longe chair #17 | rar file 25 MB
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design and render by Assou-Abdul

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Free sketchup model modern living room #34 vray visopt

Living room and Kitchen #34
Designed, Modeled and Rendered by :
Ricardo Escamilla Guajardo
(You can contact him with the info attached to the file )

rendering engine : Vray 2.0 for sketchup
facebook page Estudio Render Gen

Profession : Urban architect - Interior architect
Work location : San Pedro, Nuevo Leon , Mexico

Information on the 3D model
Modern and spacious 3d living area, open spaces, consisting of dining room, living room and kitchen, optically well divided. Excellent the choice of colors,  tone on tone: white walls, a warm wooden floor and some touches of brown, all very well-balanced, giving us an environment, elegant and comfortable.
The 3d model is available in sketchup 8, full all textures, and Vray Visopt .
A big thanks to Ricard for sharing with us this excellent model very well done !

Download HERE 3d sketchup model living room #34 | rar file 80 MB
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render vray 2.0 by Ricardo Escamilla Guajardo

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3d printable TALK device enables disabled to communicate with breath

Robo (aka. Arsh Shah Dilbagi IRL) has developed this 3d printable communication device for severely disabled that uses persons breath for input. The device is cheap to make at some 72 USD for the working prototype.

Great project!

Project summary:

People suffering from Developmental-Disabilities like LIS, ALS etc. are almost entirely paralysed and this disables them to communicate in any way except using an AAC device. Estimates show that approximately 1.4% of world population suffer from such disorders which is more than the entire population of Germany. The Life Expectancy of such people is estimated at 20 yrs below average, mainly because of lack of expression. Current AAC Devices cost thousands of dollars and are slow, bulky and not generic. I decided to find a better solution - An AAC device which is affordable, faster, portable and generic.

Talk expects a person to be able to give two distinguishable exhales (by varying intensity/time) for converting into electrical signals using MEMS Microphone. The signals are processed by a microprocessor and labeled as 'Dots' - for short exhales and 'Dashes' - for longer exhales. These are further interpreted as Morse Code, converted to words/sentences and sent to another microprocessor for synthesising. Talk features two modes - one to communicate in English and other to give specific commands/phrases, and 9 different voices.

Talk has made two major breakthroughs by increasing speaking rate and becoming the world's most affordable AAC device. I got predicted results by testing the device with a person suffering from SEM and Parkinson's Disease. In future I would like to add auto-predictions to my Computing-Engine and integrate Talk with modern technology like Google Glass to make the world a better place to live people with Developmental-Disabilities.

Project homepage with much more details:

http://goo.gl/99OKZn

I'm still not sure if the project was made available to public and open sourced, but it should be relatively easy to replicate ...

Photo credit: Components of Talk’s final design / Arsh Shah Dilbagi’s Google Science Fair project

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First FDM 3d printed graphene battery

Graphene 3D Lab Inc. from New York presented first FDM printed graphene based battery.

I couldn't find much additional information about energy output and capacity, but it looks scalable and something that could be reproduced and refined ...

Small step forward to new energy frontiers ...

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International architecture workshop in Rome promoted by Archistart

SketchUp texture, is pleased to introduce and supporting the 'latest initiative from our friends archiSTART: live an architecture holiday in Rome partecipate in an international workshop togheter with 100 youngsters and win an internship.

archiSTART promotes IAH Rome, an international architecture workshop, incorporated within a holiday, created in order to generate interactive experiences between students and young graduates under the age of 32 years.

100 young people from all corners of the world can live together for six days sharing ideas and gaining essential experience while immersed in the architecture and entertainment of the eternal city: Rome. 

The innovative aspect of this initiative is the breaking of classical learning processes simultaneously pointing to several factors:

- Integration and cultural exchanges between students from around the world within a single working environment, with the possibility of refining language skills and learning different styles of lives and cultures.

- Discover the secret corners of the city through guided tours and during  leisure time.

- Experience first REAL project situations in close contact with tutors and professionals helping to ignite, and develop, a passion for architecture.

- Experience REAL competition through an internal competition that will ensure compelling participation and attention in the Workshop working at 100 meters from the Colosseum.

- A chance to compete for internships at two studios both based in Rome,  in order to reward the most deserving participants with a direct path into the working world.

- Fun, assured by the atmosphere and continuous organization of events, parties and initiatives, including the grand New Year’s Eve party.

Registration open from 15 october to 12 december 2014

We encourage those interested to hurry to get in touch !

for all additional info, program , faq, contact click HERE 

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TRiBOT will give you 3d printing, CNC milling and injection molding in one machine

TRiBOT is a world’s first 3-in-1 manufacturing machine that allows you to 3D print, CNC mill and injection mold and it's developed by Luminar Products. It looks like a heavy duty home manufacturing machine that could enhance capabilities of hobbyist, professional home craftsman or even small company.
The concept of all-in.one machine has both supporters and critics, advantages and disadvantages. It's up to you to decide.
The price is in the 8000 USD range so it will definitely not be in everyone's garage.


TRiBOT technical specifications from Kickstarter page:

The TRiBOT Machine Includes:

• The Base 130 pound base mill converted to CNC with a www.stirlingsteele.com 3 axis motion control kit

• Enhanced 11 x 5 x 11 travel area

• 3 NEMA 23 steppers 

• 4 axis step and direction controller/driver & DC power supply 

• 0.200 pitch Z axis ball screw 

• X and Y Lead Screws 

• Extruder 3D Printer head which includes a 70 oz/in NEMA 23 gear-head stepper motor, Stainless steel feed tube with 1.5 inch tall copper, heater block 100 watt heater cartridge, Thermocouple and cooling fan 

• Filament injection mold head Includes a 120 oz/in NEMA 23 gear-head stepper motor Stainless steel feed tube with 4 inch tall aluminum heater block 280 watt heater cartridge Thermocouple and cooling fan 

• 2 PIC digital temperature controllers boxed in an electronic enclosure 

• 3D printing stage plate 

• Sample pack of 3mm diameter PLA printing filament 

• Tooling package including: Vise, 6 piece end mill set, collet set, parallel set, 0-1/2” drill chuck, assorted wrenches, T-Nuts, mounting screws, bar clamps and step blocks 

• Wheeled steel service cart with 2 shelves

• Power strip with built in circuit breaker 

• Desktop computer with Linux OS, Linux CNC, MeshCAM, Slic3r, and FreeCAD 3D drawing software all pre-installed and ready to use. 

• Computer monitor - key board - mouse - cables

• One set of blank aluminum mold plates 

3D printer specifications:

11x5x11 build area. Capable of printing multiple plastics at temperatures up to 400 degrees C. Luminar Products super extruder print head with gear head stepper, very strong solid aluminum print head body, copper heater block with stainless steel feed tube and brass nozzles. Prints up to 75 mm per second. 3 amp 4 axis motion controller with 8 micro steps for 1600 steps per motor revolution

CNC Milling Machine specifications:

11x5x11 XYZ travel All cast iron, dovetailed ways heavy duty X2D mini-mill shipping weight about 140 pounds R8 spindle taper accepts common tooling Variable speed DC spindle motor T slotted cast iron table 1 inch drilling capability , 3/4 inch milling capability The CNC converted milling machine also retains its ability to be used as a manual mill when needed

Automatic injection molding machine specifications:

Can inject single or multiple cavities of equal or different shot sizes. Molded parts can be created from a 1 kilo (2.2 pounds) spool of plastic plastic weld rod or printer filament. This means no filling with pelletized plastic in between each part. Plastic weld rod or filament is available in many plastic types and colors. computer programmed in g-code for automatic injection molding Powerful NEMA 23 200 in/oz stepper motor driven gear head mounted to a Luminar Products super extruder print head with an enlarged 300 watt powered heater block for rapid shot recovery. controlled with g-code so shot size can be programmed for each mold cavity.

TRiBOT is on Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/889592677/tribot-3d-print-cnc-mill-auto-mold-machine-in-one


Luminar Products home page:

http://www.luminarproducts.com/

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Free sketchup model modern villa #29 and vray Visopt

Modern villa #29 info 
Designed, Modeled and Rendered :  Joel Caleb Nanez 
(You can contact him by clicking on its name)
Work location : designer based in Taguig, Philippines
currently working as a 3d visualizer Architectural visualization.

Information on the 3D model
Caleb gives us the following information:
A project calls for a design which accommodates a single family with a green environment living and is an extension to their far from home primarily known as a Rest House , located at Batangas, Philippines.
In order to convince the client, the proposal  had to be realistic as much as possible by expressing a real condition of the site, In that way I used to think of an ambient that would gives a natural outlook of the scene when it comes to setting up render.
The scene, It was modeled in Sketchup 2013 complete with components, maps and vray 2.0 settings. Rendering took about 7 hrs in Vray including test renders. I’m always aware of my work that it doesn’t always perfect, and day after day, I'm always looking to improve in search of the excellence.
A big thank you to Caleb for sharing with us this wonderful job !

Download HERE 3d sketchup model villa#29 | rar file 96 MB

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Learn Marlin 3d printer firmware and become advanced user with tutorials by Thomas Sanladerer

Become Marlin expert with excellent tutorials by Thomas Sanladerer. Thomas is well known 3d printing vlogger and his channel is well worth following. It has some great content including testing, guides, how to-s and  reviews.

Here is part 1 with introduction and basic concepts such as installing, hardware and firmware:




Here is part 2 where you will become power user and Marlin guru, it covers:

• Power-user tips
• Advanced options in Configuration.h
• Even more advanced things in Configuration_adv.h
• Bending the electronics to your will with pins.h
• Using custom temperature sensors with thermistortables.h

great work, thank you Thomas!

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How to power your 3d printer with car battery

James Bruton shows us how to use a car battery to power a 3d printer.  His test shows that you could print the entire day with charged car battery. This could be useful, even more so if you can attach some solar panels to the setup.




He used his Lulzbot:

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Repstrap 3d printer that is easy and cheap to make with timber pieces structure

Here is very simple, low cost and easy to make wooden Repstrap 3d printer presented on Thingiverse developed by user "skeat". It has a relatively small print volume (120mm x 120mm x 100mm) but it was designed as very simple and cheap machine to produce 3d printed parts for your "bigger" machine.
You will need only few common hand tools and materials. The structural frame is made from 12.5mm x 24mm wood pieces and 6mm plywood held by screws and liquid nails.

The design is based on Prusa i3, so the vitamins needed are:

• 6x smooth rods 
• 1x M5 threaded rod 
• 11x LM8UU linear bearings 
• 4x stepper motors 
• 2x 608 ball bearings 
• pulley and belts 
• 1x coupling

Only 3d printed part is the extruder.

I love the design style:

Here is video of it in action:




All the details and building instructions can be found at:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:452770


To see more wood frame printers, with some that need no 3d printed or cnc cut parts, go to:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/11/diy-3d-printers-made-from-wood.html

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MSF 3d printer is work of a Repstrap genius

This wonderful DIY 3d printer was made by peterthinks and it is a work of a Repstrap genius with its improvisations, innovations and rough design. The entire machine cost around 120 USD and it will get even cheaper.
I'm a big fan of wood frame machines and building stuff with anything you got available.

Here is the presentation of MSF 3d printer (you will find out what MSF acronym stands for later on in the description ...):




Here is MSF moving:





From project description:

This is not a kit. This is an introduction to the Monkey Shit Fight repstrap RepRap. It is seeking it's end-stops as it prepares to print a louse. That's me mumbling in the background trying to not sound like a crazy shut-in.

It's super easy to put together and I want to make a laser cut version. I've eliminated almost all the parts associated with traditional RepRaps. Not including the base I have the entire machine frame down to 10 wood parts. I will have the kit down to about 7 laser cut parts and 4 of those will be exactly the same dimensions. Pretty simple stuff!

I built this for about $120. That includes all electronics, motors and materials. Eliminating one of the Z axis motors really lowered the part count and increased the Z resolution. The V grove pulleys do double duty in that regard. They multiply the lifting force of the motor and increase the number of steps required to move up a millimeter. All the design changes I have made to improve this RepRap including fixed drive belt sections attached to metal edging, using Kevlar to tension the frame,

The blind nut adjusters for the Z axis smooth rod leveling, The flying gantry X carriage, The single motor Z axis pulley and carriage bolt Kevlar suspension system for the X carriage and the silicone tubing tensioning idler for the Y axis are all free to use for private non commercial use under the GPL licence. So if you wanna use these improvements on your own personal machine feel free. If you want to use these in a kit or sell upgrades for commercially available machines you'll need permission.

The build area is about 250 by 350 by 200 millimeters but I got it dialed down to match the heated bed till I can make a bigger one. All work was done with simple hand tools. The most exotic tools used were a Dremel a cheap drill press and a ancient one speed hand drill.

MSF Repstrap parts list:

1 Sheet of plywood for base
2 Y rod wood ends
4 wood screws to attach Y rod ends
2 sections smooth rod for Y axis

2 Z rod wood ends
2 wood screws to attach Z rod base
2 hose clamps to secure Z rod top
2 sections smooth rod for Z axis

2 wood adjustment horns for top of Z axis
2 blind nuts
2 bolts
2 wood screws to attach horns to top of Z axis
1 washer
1 screw
2 bearings
1 V groove bearing cover

1 Z axis motor
1 long hex nut drilled to take a pin
1 pin
1 nut
1 carriage bolt
1 carriage bolt end guide
1 bracket
2 wood screws to attach bracket to bolt guide
1 wood brace for Z string idlers
2 Z string idlers
2 screws to attach Z string idlers
1 length 150 pound Kevlar for Z axis string
1 counterweight for end of Z string
(Most of the Z axis top assembly will become 1 laser cut part later)

1 base for Y axis
1 Y axis motor
1 motor pulley gear
1 set screw
1 length of belt
1 length of aluminum molding
4 linear bearings
12 wood braces to box in the four bearings
4 screws
4 washers
4 springs
1 heated bed
1 sheet of glass
4 spring clips
1 length silicone tubing
2 screws to attach tubing to brackets
2 brackets to attach tubing to Y axis base

1 base for X carriage
4 linear bearings
4 sticks to brace bearings
8 zip ties to attach bearings
3 screws
6 bearings
3 V groove bearing covers
1 length of belt
1 length of aluminum molding
3 lock nuts

4 stepper drivers
1 ramps
1 arduino
3 endstops
2 thermistors
wires

1 hotend
1 hotend heater

1 extruder motor
3 base parts for extruder
1 screw
3 bolts
2 nuts
4 washers
1 extruder gear
1 set screw
1 bearing
1 bearing arm
1 bowden tube
1 bowden end
1 bowden end bracket

2 lengths 150 pound Kevlar string for bracing
2 turnbuckles
4 wood screws

Epoxy
Crazy glue

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Kinect for Windows gives you direct 3d scanning into 3d Builder app

Microsoft is getting stronger into 3d printing with this new integration of Kinect for Windows as 3d scanner into their 3D Builder Windows application.

In their promotional video they are showing Kinect being use as a sort of family oriented imaging device, a kind of 3d camera. I would like to see it being used to 3d scan some sort of small mechanical part, since this function more suits my hobby needs. Hopefully we will see more DIY oriented reviews or tests in the future.

Kinect for Windows has developer SDK platform available for independent developers so 3d scanning and input into more 3d printing or CAD software could be available in the future.

You can manipulate 3d scanned object in 3D Builder by touch controls on Microsoft surface tablet 

Kinect for Windows home page:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindows/default.aspx

And this is probably just a beginning ... 3d scanning could be integrated in all tablets and smartphones in future ...

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Tutorial vray for sketchup making a modern bedroom #1

Fantastic tutorial, shared with us by Dario Ilardi, of  Grafica2d3d.com,  I recommend to see.
The website is in Italian, but it is full of excellent tutorials, understandable in any language.

This great tutorial, explain, step by step, how to obtain, by using vray 2.0 for sketchup, a render, clear and clean as what we see in the picture below.
Dario say : " I'm experimenting with the use of brute force as a substitute of irradiance map and I must say that in terms of speed and quality impressed me positively "
Thanks so much Dario for this one, the result is really good !

final render Vray 2.0 by Dario Ilardi 

HERE THE TUTORIAL

Making a modern bedroom #1 by.grafica2d3d from sketchuptexture

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Tutorial Vray for sketchup puddles on the road after rainy

Here is a little Vray tutorial , for creating puddles on the road after rainy,  shared by Ida Bagus Angga Pramana‎ , (You can contact him by clicking on its name) in our working group on facebook . Thanks so much Ida Bagus !

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Free sketchup model modern villa in Sri Lanka #28

This beautiful sketchup 3d model of today, is courtesy by archt Thilina Liyanage (You can contact him by clicking on its name) who shared with us his project of this modern villa in Sri Lanka , available in sketchup 2014 , complete with all the textures and hdri used for this scene.
Thank you so much for this nice contribution to our community !

Download HERE 3d sketchup model villa#28 | rar file 40 MB
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modern villa in Sri Lanka - render vray 2.0 by Thilina Liyanage

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DIY 3d printed tray for professional pick and place machine

Parker Dillmann needed a custom tray for electronic components to be served to his DP2006-2 Madell pick and place machine, so he designed them and 3d printed them on MakerGear M2 in PLA.
The tray works under realistic conditions.

Static electricity could be a problem on such PLA plastic tray, so solution would be to paint it with some antistatic coating or use different material. Maybe some type of conductive ABS treated with acetone smoothing to reduce fine electronic parts getting caught in the layers.

Similar trays could be probably adapted for different types of pick and place machines and probably all types of electronic components. This would be great opportunity for companies in the field to cut the cost or deliver 3d tray models with their machines or components.

Project homepage with stl files:

http://longhornengineer.com/2014/06/11/3d-printed-part-tray-for-a-pick-and-place/

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Retro Populator open source kit will turn your 3d printer into pick and place machine for home manufacturing

Retro Populator is an open source project by Eric Boyd that developed a kit for your 3d printer to convert it into pick and place machine suitable for small scale home electronics manufacturing.


Project description from hackaday.io:

A jig and software for allowing a 3D printer to do electronics pick-n-place assembly. It populates boards, by retrofitting a 3D printer, hence Retro Populator.

Motivation: surface mount soldering is great, but the process of placing parts is tedious and requires great manual dexterity as well good vision. Doing a few boards by hand is practical, but doing more than about 20 is hell on earth. Yet it's not practical (read: affordable) to pay industry to do it until about 500 boards - the setup charges just kill you. So there is this huge chasm between what's doable for hobbyists by hand, and where industry can take over, and this volume is commonly desired in the maker community - a small run of 50 to 100 boards is in fact typical. Thus, the desire to build machines that hobbyists can own to do electronics pick-n-place. Our cost-saving idea is to retrofit similar machines that makers already own: 3D printers.

Team:
Rob Gilson
Adam Evenden
Charles Hartlaub
Eric Boyd

There are several versions of Retro Populator being developed:

Version 1.0 : Essentially complete now. CNC milled acrylic base plate, with milled tape holders. Vacuum syringe for picking up parts, vacuum supplied by SMT rework station. Milled nozzle mount which attaches to the side of the existing extruder. Z-axis rezero jig to easily change re-zero height. 3D printed cam-lock parts to holds boards in place on 10mm peg-grid base. Code parses a yml file for board & tape placement info, and then an eagle .brd file directly for part types and locations. It generate a gcode file which goes from pick to place location for all of the parts which can be populated. Support for
multiple boards.

Version 2.0: currently in planning/design. Addition of tape advancement, including plastic cover peeling. Addition of a second nozzle which will do solder paste dispensing. Software will have 'position confirm' feature where it will move to the corner of each board, and the first component on each tape, so that you can verify key locations directly before running the entire job.

Version 3.0: part rotation. Numerous other things we'll learn about as we do V2.0, no doubt...

Detailed information and instructions:
http://hackaday.io/project/1605-Retro-Populator

Mind map and overview of the project in pdf format:

http://sensebridge.net/files/RetroPopulatorMap_V101.pdf


Maybe we will soon have thousands of small electronics factories in garages competing with corporate sector ...
But first who should be afraid of this competition are companies like Adafruit ... they are in the same market as those "hobbyists" ...

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Hacking your 3d printer into home manufacturing solder paste dispenser

"Jake" and "hzeller" developed a project where KiCAD (open source electronics board development software) files are converted into g code to enable solder past dispensing with a DIY 3d printer on electronic boards.

They hacked a Type A machines printer into home manufacturing solder paste dispenser. The dispenser uses solder paste (aka. solder cream) applied trough syringe with air pressure. The team behind the project still has not released hardware specifications and details.

This project is interesting since it could enable anyone to make low cost desktop home manufacturing station and produce series of electronics boards.

The syringe dispenser pressure unit can be done at home workshop, here is a different project for reference:

https://www.sparkyswidgets.com/portfolio-item/diy-solder-paste-dispenser/

Solder paste is heated after dispensing on electronics board surface to melt and fuse the conection closing the electric circuit.


Here is the original code for solder paste dispensing that converts KiCAD files to g-code:

https://github.com/hzeller/rpt2paste

the project is further developed to include pick-and-place capabilities:

https://github.com/hzeller/rpt2pnp

Now you can start your own small desktop electronics factory :-)

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Airwolf3D releases Wolfbite ABS chemical print surface adhesive

Airwolf 3D released their chemical ABS filament adhesion product that is applied on glass print bed and vastly improves its ABS "stickiness". My impression was that the technology is moving away from adhesives in juice, glue or spray form and towards more high tech print surface materials. Still, there must be a market niche for this even in the future.

From video description:

Airwolf 3D is proud to announce a new solution for adhering ABS straight to the glass on the bed of most 3D printers. No more warped, cracked or peeling parts. Apply one thin coat to the glass and it will last several prints. Water soluble, so cleaning is easy. Use Wolfbite to get better adhesion to the glass with ABS, and also to easier release parts from the glass when done printing

There is no information on the composition or ingredients of the Wolfbite.

It is priced at $19.95

http://airwolf3d.com/store/products/wolfbite-prevents-3d-printed-parts-from-warping/

Update:

Airwolf just released Wolfbite Nano for PLA:

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Free sketchup 3d model tree #8

Really great  free 3d model, this tree,  available sketchup 8,  shared and modeled  by our friend Dadi Nazriel Supriadi   of which here we see the result in its gorgeous render made with vray for sketchup, A big thank you Dadi , for this excellent contribution!

Download HERE sketchup tree#8 ! rar File 24MB

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render vray for sketchup by   Dadi Nazriel Supriadi

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iBox Nano SLA 3d printer is best in EVERYTHING except print volume and purpose

It's the world's smallest 3D printer, it's the quietest, simplest and most affordable 3D printer on the market. It has EVERYTHING ... well ... except printvolume ... or purpose ... I really don't see the usage scenario. Maybe for some specific hobby or modelling applications. Still it is a interesting small machine.

Here are the technical specifications and key features:

• Printer Technology: Stereolithography (LCD)
• Build Envelope: 40 x 20 x 90mm
• Resolution X-Y: 328 Microns
• Print Material: iBox Resin or Makerjuice
• Power Consumption During Print: 2.7 Watts
• Maximum Z Precision: 0.39 Microns
• Noise Volume: 29 db
• Weight: 3 pounds
• Optional battery for up to 10 hours of printing
• Controlled by Raspberry Pi and remote control (computer, tablet, smartphone with web browser)
• Price: $189 early bird, $299 retail

From Kickstarter:

• The iBox Nano is designed to produce high resolution prints with the touch of a button 
• There is no software to install so you can spend less time setting up prints and more time printing 
• A robust ecosystem of open source and free software for 3D modeling and editing 
• WiFi enabled so you can print untethered
• Battery powered option for on-the-go printing (optional purchase).
• The iBox Nano is:
• The worlds smallest Resin printer 
• The worlds most affordable Resin printer 
• The worlds only battery powered (option) Resin printer 
• The worlds first production LCD based UV Resin printer 
• The worlds quietest 3D printer 
• The worlds lightest 3D printer

iBox Nano is now on Kickstarter where you can find more technical details and comparison data:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/826799607/ibox-nano-worlds-smallest-least-expensive-3d-print


iBox homepage: http://www.iboxprinters.com/

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Free sketchup 3d model Vray setting Modern Kitchen #10

Very nice 3d model this modern kitchen  with lacquered finish black and white, shared by
Bow Rain (You can contact him by clicking on its name) from Hanoi, Vietnam,where he studied Architecture and Urban Planning.

The 3d model is available in sketchup 2014, complete with textures and light points, is ready to be rendered with Vray.

Download here sketchup 3d model  kitchen #10 ! rar file 16MB

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render vray for sketchup by Bow Rain 

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RepRapWeb open source software will control your 3d printers remotely via Raspberry Pi

RepRapWeb is a fully functional open source 3d printer controller software UI which runs over http web protocol on Raspberry Pi.  It is developed by Andrew Hodel. It has some interesting features.
RepRapWeb features:

• Free - Licensed under the Affero General Public License (AGPL)
• Includes Slicing Software - Convert STL -> GCODE all within the same interface using CuraEngine or Slic3r
• Nothing to install on your computer - Runs completely on Raspberry Pi, use any computer from anywhere to control it
• Wireless Networking - Ethernet and 802.11 Wireless Connectivity for your printer
• STL Visualizer - View your prints before you print them
• Multi Printer Support - Control as many printers as you have USB ports all within the same interface
• Complete Printer Control - Pause and unpause your prints in realtime, set and view temperatures and control movements
• Auto Level Support - Includes support for printers which support Autolevel.
• Fast - Quick and responsive interface, almost immediate slicing with CuraEngine

http://xyzbots.com/reprapweb.html

GitHub repository: https://github.com/andrewhodel/reprapweb

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How to cast pewter metal objects in 3d printed molds

Here are two examples and guides on how to cast pewter metal parts in 3d printed molds.

The first detailed guide is on Instructables and involves Lumi Pocket DLP printed mold:

Detailed guide is at:

http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printing-with-metals-at-home/?ALLSTEPS


Here is a different method presented in video by Ian Garrett who made a powder based mold on z-corp 350 3d printer:

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Free sketchup model living room #34 visopt and Vray setting

Really nice new sketchup 3d model of today,  courtesy by archt Mufti Arifin (You can contact him by clicking HERE ) who shared with us his project of this modern living room,  available in sketchup 8, complete with all the textures, vray Visopt, and hdri used for the realization of this scene , ready to be rendered with vray 1.6. Thank you so much for this excellent contribution to our community !
By clicking HERE can see two excellent tutorials on how to use hdri in Vray for sketchup

Download HERE 3D sketchup model Living dining room #34 | rar file 74MB
PASSWORD 34living

ATTENTION : the password to extract the file, must be typed, do not copy and paste

 living room #34 vray render by Mufti Arifin

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