On Wed, 11 May 2016, Mike Barnes wrote:
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Swift Griggs wrote:
Has anyone used a 3D printer to make a case for their old machine ? I've
started drafting an SGI Indy "skin" in Sketch, but it's just a box right
now, nothing cool.
Not an actual old machine, but I d
On 2016-05-11 17:59, geneb wrote:
Cool. I'm not fond of SketchUp anyhow. I'm switchin'. If you've ever
used
qcad, I'm wondering what you or others might know/think of it. That
one
works on my Unix boxes, that's why I ask. It's been flirting with me
every
since I've seen it appearing in vario
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Swift Griggs wrote:
> Has anyone used a 3D printer to make a case for their old machine ? I've
> started drafting an SGI Indy "skin" in Sketch, but it's just a box right
> now, nothing cool.
Not an actual old machine, but I did a mini-blinkenlights replica of an
H
On Wed, 11 May 2016, alexmcwhir...@triadic.us wrote:
On 2016-05-11 17:59, geneb wrote:
Cool. I'm not fond of SketchUp anyhow. I'm switchin'. If you've ever used
qcad, I'm wondering what you or others might know/think of it. That one
works on my Unix boxes, that's why I ask. It's been flirting
On Wed, 11 May 2016, Swift Griggs wrote:
On Wed, 11 May 2016, geneb wrote:
Do NOT use SketchUp to create parts for 3D printing. You'll end up with
an STL that's all screwed up.
Ah, okay, thanks for this tip.
NP. If you're going to the Bay Area Maker Faire, stop by the SeeMeCNC
booth and s
On Wed, 11 May 2016, geneb wrote:
> Do NOT use SketchUp to create parts for 3D printing. You'll end up with
> an STL that's all screwed up.
Ah, okay, thanks for this tip.
> A good, free tool for this kind of thing would be DesignSpark
> Mechanical. It has a workflow similar to SketchUp.
Coo
On Wed, 11 May 2016, Swift Griggs wrote:
Has anyone used a 3D printer to make a case for their old machine ? I've
started drafting an SGI Indy "skin" in Sketch, but it's just a box right
now, nothing cool. I've noticed and been somewhat inspired by these:
Do NOT use SketchUp to create parts fo
Has anyone used a 3D printer to make a case for their old machine ? I've
started drafting an SGI Indy "skin" in Sketch, but it's just a box right
now, nothing cool. I've noticed and been somewhat inspired by these:
I think this one is very clever. The guy used 3D printed parts just to
sort of
