Node 3D printed Chassis parts.

wearymicrobe wrote:

bL79 wrote: Meh, unless you have an engineering degree

There are more then a few of on the board here who have degrees, or not, and are perfectly capable of doing things much much further beyond this. Stick around you will see.

Yup, got one a dem too

But, as I was trying to say, a good engineer can design one and then sell you the prints and you can just hit 'print'. That's pretty sweet.

wearymicrobe wrote:

bL79 wrote: Meh, unless you have an engineering degree

There are more then a few of on the board here who have degrees, or not, and are perfectly capable of doing things much much further beyond this. Stick around you will see.

So what kind of file format do you need to print from????

In reply to bravenrace:

Depends on what machine you're using. SolidWorks is popular and supported by many printers.

In reply to mr2peak:

Solidworks is a (crappy) program, not a file format.

Most of the 3D printer software I've come in contact with are happy with a .STL file. You use a slicer program to make the layers. The printers run on G code. Here's a few interesting link:

http://www.appropedia.org/Open-source_metal_3-D_printer

I'm thinking of building one of these myself as I have a spare MIG already set up for .023 dia wire just collecting dust.

Here's the links the software we use to drive our 3D printers:

http://www.repetier.com/

http://slic3r.org/