Comments on: Crain’s New York – A mini-robot business grows in Brooklyn http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/14/crains-new-york-a-mini-robot-business-grows-in-brooklyn/ Robots That Make Things Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:01:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rich http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/14/crains-new-york-a-mini-robot-business-grows-in-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-3220 Rich Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:32:52 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=433#comment-3220 NochDguir: I am also interested in the answer to this question because I am an engineer and I do a lot of designs in Inventor that I would like to have a physical prototype of. In college we had a 3D printer that used powder and glue. To use it, I had to save my Solidworks files as *.stl extensions so that I could upload it to the printer software. If you look on Thingiverse.com many of the parts that people have uploaded are *.stl files. This would imply that it is compatible with Inventor which allows you to save as an stl. The only issue with this is that the stl is a simplified (blockier) version of your original part so if you have many small features they may not show up very nicely on the 3D print. Hope my rant was helpful, Rich NochDguir:
I am also interested in the answer to this question because I am an engineer and I do a lot of designs in Inventor that I would like to have a physical prototype of. In college we had a 3D printer that used powder and glue. To use it, I had to save my Solidworks files as *.stl extensions so that I could upload it to the printer software. If you look on Thingiverse.com many of the parts that people have uploaded are *.stl files. This would imply that it is compatible with Inventor which allows you to save as an stl. The only issue with this is that the stl is a simplified (blockier) version of your original part so if you have many small features they may not show up very nicely on the 3D print. Hope my rant was helpful,

Rich

]]> By: OlhoNaTV http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/14/crains-new-york-a-mini-robot-business-grows-in-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-667 OlhoNaTV Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:24:14 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=433#comment-667 It's so... It’s so…

]]> By: NochDguir http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/14/crains-new-york-a-mini-robot-business-grows-in-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-661 NochDguir Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:22:19 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=433#comment-661 my question is can maker bot handle AutoCad Inventor and Solid-works part and assembly files. As an engineer major i have been using inventor for over a year and prefer it for 3d modeling. i know there are powder/resin 3d printers that are inventor/solid-works compatible ( my college just purchased one last semester i can't wait to use it) but would makerbot and reprap understand ".iam/.ipt" files? or even "".idw" my question is can maker bot handle AutoCad Inventor and Solid-works part and assembly files. As an engineer major i have been using inventor for over a year and prefer it for 3d modeling. i know there are powder/resin 3d printers that are inventor/solid-works compatible ( my college just purchased one last semester i can’t wait to use it) but would makerbot and reprap understand “.iam/.ipt” files? or even “”.idw”

]]> By: Adam http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/14/crains-new-york-a-mini-robot-business-grows-in-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Adam Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:59:21 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=433#comment-653 Yes, Shane...someday. Makerbot is a spinoff of the RepRap. See reprap.org Both are intended to be able to reproduce itself. To some degree. As for the circuit boards...it looks like lost plastic molding using a metal or a high temp plastic will be necessary for dealing with heat issues. Albeit experimental at this point. Makerbot is based off the Darwin v1.0 platform. Mendel is v2.0. With Mendel, more things are reproduce-able and a greater possibility for circuit printing exists. Also, it appears (again, experimental) the Mendel platform can be scaled up, allowing larger parts. Yes, Shane…someday.

Makerbot is a spinoff of the RepRap. See reprap.org

Both are intended to be able to reproduce itself. To some degree.

As for the circuit boards…it looks like lost plastic molding using a metal or a high temp plastic will be necessary for dealing with heat issues. Albeit experimental at this point.

Makerbot is based off the Darwin v1.0 platform. Mendel is v2.0. With Mendel, more things are reproduce-able and a greater possibility for circuit printing exists. Also, it appears (again, experimental) the Mendel platform can be scaled up, allowing larger parts.

]]> By: Shane http://blog.makerbot.com/2009/08/14/crains-new-york-a-mini-robot-business-grows-in-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Shane Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:31:12 +0000 http://blog.makerbot.com/?p=433#comment-649 i was wondering can a maker bot make a maker bot just wondering if it could someday make its own circut board i was wondering can a maker bot make a maker bot just wondering if it could someday make its own circut board

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