[Imc-makerspace] Fwd: [rp-ml] Video - 3D Printing Basics

[Stewart Dickson]

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Subject: 	[rp-ml] Video - 3D Printing Basics
Date: 	Wed, 16 May 2012 12:57:11 -0700
From: 	Michael Armbruster <michaelarmbruster at gmail.com>
To: 	rp-ml at rapid.lpt.fi



Hello Everyone,

With the handful of budget plastic extrusion machines entering the 
market, many people are being exposed to 3D Printing.  I feel this is 
absolutely fantastic.  But, at the same time, I also feel it's sort of a 
/two steps forward and one step back/ scenario.  After all, the 
technology has been far more sophisticated than this for well over a 
decade.  Some of these machines do not even have support structures.  It 
kills me to think that when people are introduced to 3D Printing, they 
think they need to edit their model in such a way that a 3D Printer can 
make it.  It's supposed to be the opposite.  3D Printers are meant to 
open doors for designers, not close them.  Now, I don't want to be too 
critical because, again, I'm very happy to see extremely affordable and 
readily available machines out there, and obviously they could very well 
be a stepping stone into the more advanced things.  Nevertheless, after 
being in the industry for over five years, I /continue /to be surprised 
by the fact that many engineers' understanding of 3D Printing doesn't go 
beyond the basic plastic extrusion machine.

So, to help spread awareness (and, admittedly, briefly promote my 
sponsors) I've created a quick video titled 3D Printing Basics.  In just 
four minutes, someone can go from completely clueless to having a fairly 
competent understanding of how 3D Printing works.  It covers things like 
support material, complexity, speed, etc.  It intentionally moves very 
quickly to compensate for our short attention span (thanks for reading 
this far, by the way) and it's structured to leave the viewer feeling 
like they've only scraped the surface, which they have.  With that, 
here's the video ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOxZcpyKmzM&feature=youtu.be 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOxZcpyKmzM&feature=youtu.be>

I know YouTube is blocked in a lot of schools and so forth, so if any 
professors, etc, would like a copy of the MP4 file for their iPad or 
computer, let me know.

Thanks everyone.  Hope you're having a great week!

Cordially,

- Michael
michaelarmbruster at gmail.com <mailto:michaelarmbruster at gmail.com>
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