Fab Academy at AS220 Labs

07 3D scanning and printing

July 27, 2010 12:02 PM

First 3D Scans - Modela Scan of Laughing Die and Shell

by Anna Kaziunas France

“Laughing” Die 3D Scan Data cube scan

Shell 3D Scan Data shell scan

The Fab Academy Assignment The assignment was to scan an object. I used the scanning attachment for the Modela milling machine and the Dr. Picza 3 software that comes with the Modela. The Dr. Picza software works well enough, but unfortunately, it only runs on Windows.

The yellow Modela attachment (see pictures below) taps around the surface of an object using a touch sensor in order to scan a representation of it into the computer.

The objects I scanned were one of Shawn Wallace’s “laughing” dice and a shell we had laying around the lab. The output was saved as screenshots and as an .stl file that can be imported into meshlab and then cleaned up and (hopefully) printed with the Makerbot Cupcake CNC printer.

Laughing Die Scanning Process

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Laughing Die Scan Output

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Shell Scanning Process

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Shell Scan Output

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July 27, 2010 12:00 PM

Interlocking Rings - 3D Printing

by Anna Kaziunas France

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The Fab Academy Assignment

Print an object

This was my first 3D printing attempt.

The Project: 3D Printing Linked Rings

Printing the interlocked rings with the MakerBot.

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Printed Object

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Cleaning Up the Printed Object

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Final Printed Linked Rings

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Skills Learned

Learned how to use the MakerBot

Tools Used

Makerbot Cupcake CNC

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July 27, 2010 11:50 AM

MakerBot Cupcake CNC- Assembling the Plastruder mk4 Spindle

by Anna Kaziunas France

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Putting together the MakerBot Plastruder spindle piece for the MakerBot 3D printer. I would describe the full process, but the MakerBot staff has already provided an excellent tutorial. http://wiki.makerbot.com/plastruder-mk4-assembly

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March 3, 2010 9:43 AM

Half drill bit!

by Noah Bedford

The Fuxamascanner is still in progress, so I did a quick (20 minutes) scan of a drill bit in Dr. Picza just for the lulz.

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March 2, 2010 11:21 PM

F(l)uxamascanner

by Elliot Clapp

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February 17, 2010 3:51 PM

Picza

by Noah Bedford

screen /dev/ttyS0 Hitting c seems to clear things, o goes to origin, and s begins scanning. No useful output yet, portmon on Windows proved essentially useless, but I have a full log of a picza scanning session in Windows as well.

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