{"id":1814,"date":"2012-12-10T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1814-the-shapeways-community-journal.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:24:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:24:32","slug":"the-shapeways-community-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-shapeways-community-journal","title":{"rendered":"The Shapeways Community Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A great community deserves a great journal. While we already share a lot of designs on this blog, they are only the tip of the iceberg of what&#8217;s going on inside the community. As of now, we&#8217;ll be sharing the inside scoop of the Shapeways community in our new Community Journal.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Animatronic Bird<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Jonny from InnerbreedFX is working on an incredible animatronic owl. It is intended for raptor research &#8211; &nbsp;replacing a live &#8216;lure&#8217; animal to help capture other birds. While Jonny admits that there&#8217;s still a lot of work to be done it&#8217;s already an amazing project.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RO-f7aXktyg\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"\/forum\/index.php?t=msg&amp;th=10149&amp;start=0&amp;\">Check out the full story and the work in progress pictures<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Paris Meetup was AWESOME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:32057 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"640\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/parismeetup640.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Shapeways went to Minecon 2012 in Paris! Michon and Bart were lucky enough to host a meetup on Friday the 23rd of November in a typical French cafe. The evening was amazing, intimate and animated. I&#8217;d say the Parisian Shapeways members found each other. You&#8217;ll find more pictures <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Shapeways\/photos\/11878682\/182272562\/\">on our Meetup page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>A BIG thanks to community members Edouard Gautier, Wong Hua and Jean-Philippe Goussot for helping us pick a good place for the meetup!!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Do you want to host a meetup in your city and meet other Shapeways users as well? <a href=\"mailto:bart@shapeways.com\">Contact us<\/a> and we&#8217;ll get you started!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>NYC Meetup at 3DEA Pop Up shop<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Shapeways is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/3dea.openhouse.me\/\">3DEA Pop Up Shop<\/a>&nbsp;in New York, located on the corner of 29th st and 6th Ave. There are Ultimaker printers running, a whole bank of computers to play around with 3D modeling and loads of Shapeways community designs and products displayed. Additionally, most evenings play host to a class, lecture or meetup &#8211; check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/3dea.openhouse.me\/\">website<\/a> for the calendar of events. We had an opening day meetup there, which was great chance to test out the space. Thank you to all who came by! &nbsp;The next one will be on the 19th of December, stay tuned on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Shapeways\/\">Meetup.com<\/a> for details.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>MINECON Impression<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We were featured at the livestream during MINECON! Take a peek:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HzH_gAMf7fY\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>The Gift<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"641\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/woodcutting640.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Our moderator Michael received an amazing gift. He writes: &#8220;Caia Koopman emailed me about a hollow shell of a model. After helping her make it printable, she sent me this lovely print on wood.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.printsonwood.com\/caia-koopman-liberty-and-blaze-wood-prints\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Caia&#8217;s amazing work here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Hot discussions<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/forum\/index.php?t=msg&amp;th=11752&amp;start=0&amp;\">Why not&#8230;?<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; on sharing sales information of objects. Would YOU want us to share your shop&#8217;s sales?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/forum\/index.php?t=msg&amp;th=10846&amp;start=0&amp;\">Already printed model being rejected<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; on the frustration of having a previously printed model rejected. This is one of the major issues that we&#8217;re working on now &#8211; as a first step we now have a &#8220;Printed Before&#8221; flag in our internal systems that should reduce this. <a href=\"\/forum\/index.php?t=msg&amp;&amp;th=10846&amp;goto=53999#msg_57794\">Read Natalia&#8217;s latest update here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Upcoming events<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Dec 12 &#8211; Shapeways Live &#8211;&nbsp;Our periodic live video show where we&#8217;ll inform you of upcoming things, introduce you to new team members and answer all your questions! <a href=\"\/community\/live\">More information<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Jan 11 &#8211; Shapeways Tour: Eindhoven, the Netherlands &#8211;&nbsp;Meet our team members, check out some of the coolest 3D printed models or just hug our printers (if you can, hah!) from 1.30-3.30pm. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Shapeways\/events\/91498482\/\">More information<\/a>.&nbsp;Tours in our new facility in Long Island City are in the works as well for early next year- stay tuned!<\/li>\n<li>3DEA Meetup NYC &#8211;&nbsp;December 19th, soon to be announced on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Shapeways\/\">Meetup.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>That&#8217;s it from the Community this week! If you have any suggestions for improvement or future topics, <a href=\"mailto:bart@shapeways.com\">let us know<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Bart, Michael and Natalia&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great community deserves a great journal. 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