This week’s amazing Robot Hospital adventure features a tip from Sam on mold-making using Matt’s support settings, (complete with Pykrete smashing) a patriotic Thingiverse round-up with cameras and planes, and a complete time-lapse last night’s New York Notables party. Happy Canada day, y’all!
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UPDATE: Anna Galovich has been generous enough to translate this fantastic blog post into Estonian. You can find the translation right here.
For a recent project, I had to print this awesome crocodile skull from the University of Texas Digimorph project. At first it looked daunting, but it turned out to be surprisingly easy to print. I really like this print because it is a complex organic shape, and it is really impressive that it came from a Makerbot.
Crocodile skull, printed on a Makerbot
I used Netfabb Studio and ReplicatorG to prepare for print. I’m not posting the print-ready files because a) not sure if UT will let me and b) the following process is easy and you will learn a lot. I basically used Netfabb Studio to re-orient, repair, scale and split the model, in order to get it ready for print. The procedure I followed is generally applicable to all kinds of complex prints.
Keep reading for instructions on how to do it.
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Fairly accurate model of a Boeing 737 300 series. Modeled using CAD elevations from Boeing's website:boeing.com/commercial/airports/3_view.html…
