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Friday, July 29. 2011Shapeways T-shirts!The Shapeways team is headed to Maker Faire Detroit, and they'll be sporting some of our new t-shirts at the booth. The design highlights the diverse creations of our talented community.
Featured models and designers are: Merry Bird Ornament by Michiel Cornelissen Steampunk D8 Die by Dizingof Whelk by Bathsheba Escher Knot by ShapeKays Timer Keeper by Aeron203 Oslo Coaster by Andeshans Bowie the Bunny by BAROBA Demonwing by Cradders Heart Pendant by Novaking Fokker DVIII by WillLaPuerta Structural Chipped Block Ring by Drscott Plug Me In by OneManBand The Mother Ship by Opresco Subdivision Bracelet by Nervous System Thistle Tea Light Cover by GHP Gyro the Cube by Virtox
And here's a photo of the shirt worn by Ana, who will be at the booth this weekend. Come say hello!
Friday FindsThis week while Ana travels to Detroit for Maker Faire I have chosen this weeks Friday Finds... Can you guess the theme?
Antweight Cluster Robot by PsychoFox
Mecha Ring (size 15ish in metal) by MaxSMoke777
OO-scale K8 telephone kiosk in FUD by stop4stuff
Ossuary Dice Set in WSF by Aegidian They would look HOT in silver.... Everybody PLEASE share your items when they arrive there are over 30,000 items in the Shapeways gallery now so it is getting harder for us to spot the new designs that are uploaded every day. Thanks and have a great weekend! Thursday, July 28. 2011Detroit Maker Faire Here We Come!Our bags are packed full of 3D printed goodness and we are all set to go to Detroit Maker Faire!
We are looking forward to meeting you there with our pre-event pizza and beer Meetup at Buddy's Pizza in Dearborn on Friday night. See you there. Wednesday, July 27. 2011Report: User Meetup Amsterdam
Last Friday, about 30 Shapeways enthusiasts met in Amsterdam. This made it the largest usermeeting so far! Many brought their own work, and we discussed all kinds of topics like what's going on in the company, technical stuff and how to start up a Shapeways-based business. Many people asked me if we had already planned a new meeting, and you've made me realise we should do this more often. So: stay tuned - I'll make sure there's another meetup in Amsterdam this year. I'll also make sure there's space to present your own project next time. It certainly was a very inspiring evening for everyone and it was awesome meeting you all. Thanks for coming, and see you next time! Monday, July 25. 2011Amazing Detail of 3D Printed Silver Scarab Pendant
Check out the amazing detail in Dadrummond's Scarab Pendant 3D printed in glossy silver by Shapeways... Wow...
If you have any amazing 3D prints like this please be sure to share them in the It Arrived forum especially if you take great photographs like these. Great work Dadrummond. Friday, July 22. 2011Friday Finds: The Apple Accessory Edition!Each week with Friday Finds, we bring you a sampling of the amazing things we see in the Shapeways community. Over these last two weeks we've seen a few seriously awesome designs meant for Apple products, so I present to you, Friday Finds - The Apple Edition.
jeff's new iPad 2 Wrap, designed to work flawlessly with the cover on Apple's iPad 2.
dizingof's awesomely elaborate Steampunk iPod Dock, pictured here with a prayed metallic paint finish.
Michiel Cornelissen's simple, wonderful CableGuy keeps those unwieldy earbud cords a bay.
Looking for more? Check out the "It Arrived" section of the forum, or 3D Printspiration, the Shapeways Tumblr. Happy Friday! It's a 3D Printed Wrench-Off : UPDATENeil Gershenfeld Video on The Future of CreationThursday, July 21. 2011Update on Materials and Lead TimesWednesday, July 20. 2011How To Put Your Best Photo Forward Many of you know how to upload a photo of your 3D printed goodness to Shapeways and we are seeing an improvement in the quality of photographs taken on your model pages but some of you are still keeping the Shapeways generated greyscale render as your default image.
Once you have uploaded your photograph there is an option to specify Main Thumbnail Image, the Shapeways greyscale render will be called Default and all you need to do is select the image you would like to be used as the thumbnail. Ensure you have a clear, well lit image cropped nice and tight to the object for the thumbnail image. We are always on the lookout for great designs that are well documented and we will only feature them on the front page or any other galleries if there is a suitable photograph as the thumbnail... Ensure your images are 450x324 or 700x519 so they fill the thumbnail correctly. If you want to sell your 3D printed designs be sure to open a Shapeways Shop and if you want to embed your Shapeways shop or favorites into another site check out the Shapeways widget. Tuesday, July 19. 2011Now Taking Your Questions for the July 20th Shapeways Live
It's that time again. Shapeways Live is tomorrow at 2pm EST/8pm CET. I'm taking your questions ahead of time in this forum thread to help make sure I discuss that topics that are most important to the community. Materials, lead times, contests, shops, whatever. See you there! - Ana P.S. For those who may be joining for the first time, the one type of question I won't be answering is support-related stuff dealing with specific orders. Since Shapeways Live it a community conversation, I want to be sure to focus on topics that affect everyone. Thanks for understanding. :) 3D Systems Acquires Alibre
Yet another feather in their 3D printed cap, 3D Systems has now acquired Alibre which is not so surprising considering they recently bundled Alibre Design software and 3D Systems’ RapMan at Maker Faire this year.
After Freedom of Creation and a raft of other acquisitions it is time to ask who is next? Pixar? Combinatory Manufacturing: Please excuse this slight intermissionHey guys, just a heads up that we have a momentary hold on our combinatory manufacturing. The hold will last for 2-3 weeks, and afterwards it will be back better than ever. Here are the details: Those nifty necklace cords that some of the community orders along with their 3D printed pendants have run out. They were actually made available on a trial basis, and there was one initial order of necklace cords that was intended to be used until it ran out. The batch of cords ran out a lot slower than expected, hence the fact that I'm here sharing this info 1 year later! Still, in the last few months, the demand for necklace cords really picked up, and it's become clear that this is a resource the community would like to continue to have on hand. If you've placed an order for a free necklace cord to accompany one of your designs, you will receive it. However, we're waiting for a new shipment of cords to arrive. So we'll send along your 3D print, and get you your cord a couple of weeks later, as soon as the new batch arrives. As for the future of combinatory manufacturing, we're also taking measures to make it into a sustainable part of our service over the long term. We're still doing our research, but we'll make sure we continue to offer these items, and we may even be offering free options, and even nicer paid options. Thanks for working with us during this hiatus, and stay tuned for better news!  Monday, July 18. 2011Amsterdam Shapeways Meetup Friday, July 22, 6PM, De Waag
It's time for a user meeting in the country where it all started: the
Netherlands! Meet us at 'De Waag' in Amsterdam on Friday, July 22nd at 6pm and
bring your 3D printed goodness. Bart will be there with samples of our new 3D printed materials. Previous Shapeways meetups have been a lot of fun, it is always interesting to match faces to names and check out some of the post production techniques people are using. We would love it if you could join us for a beer!
Sunday, July 17. 2011Simultaneous Innovation and 3D Printing: UpdatedAs the tools of manufacture become available to more people through 3D printing, we are going to see an increasing number of products that are very similar to each other hit the market/internet at exactly the same time. The whole issue of patents, ownership and attribution of ideas is also going to become increasingly complex as simultaneous innovation occurs.
We recently featured The Canon Capholder by Spruce (above right) on the Shapeways blog, citing it as a great example of a simple solution to a common problem for all photographers, be they amateur, professional or accidental. At about the same time as Spruce posting his final design on Shapeways, so to did Kitlaan on Thingiverse (above left) and Mark Stevenson on Kickstarter (bottom) having already raised $14,623 after seeking only $3,900 in backing. There was a little bit of a flurry on the social networks as to which if any of the designs were a copy of the other and it seems as though all three were developed simultaneously without being aware of each others designs. Continue reading "Simultaneous Innovation and 3D Printing: Updated" |
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