3D Printer Alchemy
Or, transmuting a digital object into a real 3D object embedded with a 2D representation of its “DNA.”
Digital DNA
A little over a month ago I had pondered how cool it would be to have things on Thingiverse embedded with QR codes – so you could show the bottom of the object to a friend, they could grab the digital file, and print off a duplicate. Well, l0b0 has done just that with his parametric box!
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4 Comments so far
Eric
This is a really cool idea. Wouldn’t a 2D barcode (UPC style) with the Thingiverse ID # (in a really thin strip) be a little more practical though?
MakerBlock
@Eric: The great thing about QR Codes is that they can hold a LOT of data and they can also have a lot of built-in error checking. Additionally, there are already a lot of mobile apps set up to work with QR Codes for encoding URL’s. A UPC code could encode just the ID# for a Thing on Thingiverse, but without the error checking and support from mobile apps, it would be a lot more work. (Even if you could put the relevant data into a smaller footprint).
sina
this is truly fascinating!! yer mumm:)
HotKey
Hi everyone!
Since some people might not have a working Python+PIL up and running on their computers I coded a similar tool in Java yesterday!
It’s called “Image2SCAD” – it features command line and GUI mode, creates more “compressed” SCAD code and also adds colors for your SCAD viewing pleasure.
Get it here:
http://www.bernhardslawik.de/downloads/img2scad/
Spread it everywhere!
Greetz from Munich!