3D Printing Mini Conference
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Open 3D Community is holding another 3D Printing Conference on Saturday, February 7th, and you don't want to miss this one! The theme for this month is "3D Printing on a Budget". We have gathered three amazing guest speakers to demo lots of free and/or open source software applications you can use to create your 3d printed items. Also, Shapeways will be here to show some options for people wanting to try a 3d printing service. The conference is FREE but we will be accepting donations on this meetup page or at the event.
SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS:
11:30 DOORS OPEN – PRE CONFERENCE COFFEE & RECEPTION
12 NOON BLENDER TUTORIAL PRESENTATION BY OSCAR BAECHLER FROM SEATTLE SEABUG
Blender is a professional free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, interactive 3D applications and video games. Oscar is a multi talented artist and jack of all trades. He runs Seabug on the first Saturday of every month: the Seattle Blender User Group. It is the second largest Blender user group in the world, and has been going strong for over 5 years. For more information visit Seabug's Facebook page or go to http://seabug.info (http://seabug.info/)
1PM 3D BUILDER & SCANNING WITH A KINECT V2 BY EMMETT LALISH
3D Builder is a free Microsoft application that can be used with a Kinect for Windows v2 sensor to scan models for 3D Printing. You can use 3D Builder to create, print, and now scan in 3D. In this demo see how you can scan yourself and your friends in color using Kinect for Windows. Don’t have a 3D printer? No problem! Microsoft has partnered with 3D Systems so that you can order a professional-quality print online. 3D Builder makes it easy to personalize models by embossing with text and images, trimming and combining, and adding color. Emmett is an aerospace engineer, and a few years back he took up 3D printing as a hobby. He taught himself OpenSCAD because it made more sense to him than regular CAD. Emmett designed some fun, mostly mathematical sculptures and mechanisms and posted them on Thingiverse. Somehow that lead to a sudden career shift, from designing drones to working on 3D printing at Microsoft. See Emmett's work here: http://www.thingiverse.com/emmett/about
2PM SHAPEJS TUTORIAL PRESENTATION BY ALAN HUDSON FROM SHAPEWAYS.
ShapeJS is an in-browser, code-based geometry generator for 3D printing. Using a JavaScript framework, ShapeJS provides a powerful system to create math-based art with voxels. Shapeways is the leading 3D printing service and marketplace, empowering designers to bring amazing products to life. By giving anyone the ability to quickly and affordably turn ideas from digital designs into real products, Shapeways is fundamentally changing how products are made and by whom. For more information go to Shapeways.com (http://Shapeways.com/)
3 PM DISCUSSIONS, BREAKOUT SESSION, SOCIALIZING AND SNACKS
Throughout the event we will have live demonstrations of various desktop 3D printers in action!
Please send a message to Vanessa Juneau, President and Co-founder of Open 3D Community, if you are interested in being a guest speaker at one of our future conferences, she can be reached at vanessa@open3dc.org or v.juneau@yahoo.com
THE VENUE: STARTUP HALL AT UW
Startup Hall is a hub for technology entrepreneurs, located in the heart of Seattle’s University District. Forged by a unique public-private partnership of the region’s leading research university, the world’s top entrepreneurial education non-profit, the nation’s #1 startup accelerator and the Pacific Northwest’s #1 seed-stage venture capital fund, Startup Hall exists to help exceptional founders build the next generation of world-leading companies here in the Pacific Northwest. For more information go to Startuphall.org
There will be parking in the UW parking garage or on-street parking.
3D Printing Mini Conference