3D Printing Resources

Some UCLA 3D printing groups—

• Avengineering, http://18hats.net/a/home/
• Ozcan Research Group, http://innovate.ee.ucla.edu/
• UCLA’s student-run 3D printing club

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Some 3D Printing resources from Doug Daniels—

• A Model for Managing 3D Printing Services in Academic Libraries, http://www.istl.org/13-spring/refereed1.html
• Massachusetts Governor Announces Funding for Innovative Technology Assistance Center at Quinsigamond Community College, http://www.mass.gov/governor/pressoffice/pressreleases/2014/0512-governor-patrick-announces-funds-for-innovation-center.html
• MakerBot and Florida Polytechnic University Partner to Bring MakerBot 3D Printing to the Florida Poly RAD Makerspace, http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140723006381/en/MakerBot-Florida-Polytechnic-University-Partner-Bring-MakerBot#.VHz71pDF_qu
• SUNY New Paltz Gets First Innovation Center, http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2014/06/25/makerbot-stories-university-gets-first-innovation-center/

For those with a little extra time and a Netflix account, I highly recommend the documentary called Print the Legend, http://www.netflix.com/printthelegend.

Free, open access repositories of 3D models ready to be printed:

• Makerbot Thingiverse, http://www.thingiverse.com/
• GrabCAD, http://grabcad.com/, an excellent repository for engineers
• The Smithsonian 3D Collection of Artifacts and Fossils, http://3d.si.edu/browser
• More fossils from the Smithsonian, http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/3d-collection
• Substantial fossil collection from the British Geological Survey and others, http://www.3d-fossils.ac.uk/home.html

The first, A Model for Managing 3D Printing Services in Academic Libraries is a very good scholarly write-up of an existing 3D printing service at the University of Alabama that I highly recommend.

( many thanks to Doug Daniels for the above links! )

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Lynda.com modules—

• Up and Running with 3D Printing, http://www.lynda.com/3D-Animation-Prototyping-tutorials/Up-Running-3D-Printing/151814-2.html
• 3D Printing Project: Designing a Replacement Part, http://www.lynda.com/3D-Animation-Prototyping-tutorials/3D-Printing-Project-Designing-Replacement-Part/164026-2.html
• Getting Started with MakerBot 3D Printers, http://www.lynda.com/CAD-Prototyping-tutorials/Getting-Started-MakerBot-3D-Printers/156544-2.html
• 3D Scanning a Person, http://www.lynda.com/CAD-Product-Design-tutorials/3D-Scanning-Person/185327-2.html

Safari ProQuest—

• Getting Started with MakerBot, http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/book/-/9781449338640

Microsoft Virtual Academy—

• 3D Printing Essentials, http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/3d-printing-essentials

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• The Makers by Cory Doctorow is a fascinating science fiction novel with 3D printing as a central element. The book is free for download with a Creative Commons license.

If you have any other suggestions, please add them. Thanks!