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Several projects and companies are making efforts to develop
affordable 3D printers for home desktop use. Much of this work has been
driven by and targeted at DIY/enthusiast/early adopter communities, with additional ties to the academic and hacker communities.[6]
RepRap is one of the longest running projects in the desktop category. The RepRap project aims to produce a free and open source hardware (FOSH) 3D printer, whose full specifications are released under the GNU General Public License, and which is capable of replicating itself by printing many of its own (plastic) parts to create more machines.[7][8] RepRaps have already been shown to be able to print circuit boards[9] and metal parts.[10][11]
Fab@Home is the other opensource hardware project for DIY 3D printers.
Because of the FOSH aims of RepRap,
many related projects have used their design for inspiration, creating
an ecosystem of related or derivative 3D printers, most of which are
also open source designs. The availability of these open source designs
means that variants of 3D printers are easy to invent. The quality and
complexity of printer designs, however, as well as the quality of kit or
finished products, varies greatly from project to project. This rapid
development of open source 3D printers is gaining interest in many
spheres as it enables hyper-customization and the use of public domain designs to fabricate open source appropriate technology. This technology can also assist initiatives in sustainable development since technologies are easily and economically made from resources available to local communities.[12][13]
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Who is a 3D designer? (Infographic) - Pinshape BlogPinshape Blog
Pinshape is a 3D printing community
marketplace and 3D print service, full of the world's best 3D designers.
Easily explore, buy or sell 3D printable designs.
Who are our, Pinshape, Designers?
Our designers are: hobbyists – looking
for ways to make some extra money (36%),
Full-Time Designers (44%),
Part-Time Designers (14%),
Hobbyists – who are in it for the fun of
it (5%).
They are 81% male and 19% female. The
largest age group (60%) of designers is between the ages of 23 and 34,
17% between 35 and 40, 12% between 41 and 51, 8% between 17 and 22 and
4% between 52 and 60.
The top 8 countries for 3D designers
are: 1. The United States (35%), 2. India (13%), 3. Netherlands (7%), 4.
Spain (6%), 5. Italy (5%), 6. Chile (5%), 7. Sweden (3%), 8. Romania
(3%).
What’s their background?
62% of Pinshape designers were
self-taught while 38% are a graduate of a 3D program. They have
backgrounds in: 3D Modeling (60%), 3D Sculpting (40%), Gaming (26%),
Industrial Design (26%), Engineering (22%) and Toy Design (13%).
They range from having less than a year
to over 10 years of experience in 3D Design and 3D printing, with over
half of the designers (62%) having 2 or fewer years of experience in 3D
printing only. A fourth of the designers have 10+ years of general,
3D-design experience.
What do they use to design?
Their favorite tools are: 3D Max (17%),
Maya (16%), ZBrush (14%), Rhino (12%), Solidworks (12%), Blender (9%),
Netfabb (5%), Meshlab (3%), Modo (3%) and Maya (3%).
A little over ¾ of designers (78%) use Windows and while the remaining ¼ (22%) use a Mac as their operating system.
51% find themselves pulling out a
tablet to design while the other 49% are just fine without one. In fact,
18% don’t plan on buying a 3D print any time soon.
So, how many designers use an actual 3D printer during their design process?
Our survey shows, only 32% actually
print their designs while the other 68% do not. Of those that did print
their designs, they use sites like Pinshape, Shapeways, Sculpteo, 3D
Hubs and Materialize. 25% of designers who plan to print just haven’t
gotten around to it yet.
The top 5 most owned 3D printers in our
design community are: 1. Form 1, 2. MakerBot Replicator 2, 3.
Ultimaker, 4. Leapfron Creatr and 5. MaekrBot Replicator 1.
marketplace and 3D print service, full of the world's best 3D designers.
Easily explore, buy or sell 3D printable designs.
Who are our, Pinshape, Designers?
Our designers are: hobbyists – looking
for ways to make some extra money (36%),
Full-Time Designers (44%),
Part-Time Designers (14%),
Hobbyists – who are in it for the fun of
it (5%).
They are 81% male and 19% female. The
largest age group (60%) of designers is between the ages of 23 and 34,
17% between 35 and 40, 12% between 41 and 51, 8% between 17 and 22 and
4% between 52 and 60.
The top 8 countries for 3D designers
are: 1. The United States (35%), 2. India (13%), 3. Netherlands (7%), 4.
Spain (6%), 5. Italy (5%), 6. Chile (5%), 7. Sweden (3%), 8. Romania
(3%).
What’s their background?
62% of Pinshape designers were
self-taught while 38% are a graduate of a 3D program. They have
backgrounds in: 3D Modeling (60%), 3D Sculpting (40%), Gaming (26%),
Industrial Design (26%), Engineering (22%) and Toy Design (13%).
They range from having less than a year
to over 10 years of experience in 3D Design and 3D printing, with over
half of the designers (62%) having 2 or fewer years of experience in 3D
printing only. A fourth of the designers have 10+ years of general,
3D-design experience.
What do they use to design?
Their favorite tools are: 3D Max (17%),
Maya (16%), ZBrush (14%), Rhino (12%), Solidworks (12%), Blender (9%),
Netfabb (5%), Meshlab (3%), Modo (3%) and Maya (3%).
A little over ¾ of designers (78%) use Windows and while the remaining ¼ (22%) use a Mac as their operating system.
51% find themselves pulling out a
tablet to design while the other 49% are just fine without one. In fact,
18% don’t plan on buying a 3D print any time soon.
So, how many designers use an actual 3D printer during their design process?
Our survey shows, only 32% actually
print their designs while the other 68% do not. Of those that did print
their designs, they use sites like Pinshape, Shapeways, Sculpteo, 3D
Hubs and Materialize. 25% of designers who plan to print just haven’t
gotten around to it yet.
The top 5 most owned 3D printers in our
design community are: 1. Form 1, 2. MakerBot Replicator 2, 3.
Ultimaker, 4. Leapfron Creatr and 5. MaekrBot Replicator 1.
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