# 3D Printing Resources

Some <span class="caps">UCLA</span> 3D printing groups—

- **Avengineering**, [http://18hats.net/a/home/](http://18hats.net/a/home/)
- **Ozcan Research Group**, [http://innovate.ee.ucla.edu/](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](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](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 <span class="caps">RAD</span> Makerspace**, [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140723006381/en/MakerBot-Florida-Polytechnic-University-Partner-Bring-MakerBot#.VHz71pDF\_qu](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140723006381/en/MakerBot-Florida-Polytechnic-University-Partner-Bring-MakerBot#.VHz71pDF_qu)
- **<span class="caps">SUNY</span> New Paltz Gets First Innovation Center**, [http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2014/06/25/makerbot-stories-university-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](http://www.netflix.com/printthelegend).

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

- **Makerbot Thingiverse**, [http://www.thingiverse.com/](http://www.thingiverse.com/)
- **GrabCAD**, [http://grabcad.com/](http://grabcad.com/), an excellent repository for engineers
- **The Smithsonian 3D Collection of Artifacts and Fossils**, [http://3d.si.edu/browser](http://3d.si.edu/browser)
- **More fossils from the Smithsonian**, [http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/3d-collection](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](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](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](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/<span class="caps">CAD</span>-Prototyping-tutorials/Getting-Started-MakerBot-3D-Printers/156544-2.html](http://www.lynda.com/CAD-Prototyping-tutorials/Getting-Started-MakerBot-3D-Printers/156544-2.html)
- **3D Scanning a Person**, [http://www.lynda.com/<span class="caps">CAD</span>-Product-Design-tutorials/3D-Scanning-Person/185327-2.html](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](http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/book/-/9781449338640)

Microsoft Virtual Academy—

- **3D Printing Essentials**, [http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/3d-printing-essentials](http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/3d-printing-essentials)

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- [The Makers by Cory Doctorow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makers_%28novel%29) 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!*