Thingiverse is widely used in the DIY technology and Maker communities, by the RepRap Project and by 3D printer and MakerBot operators. Numerous technical projects use Thingiverse as a repository for shared innovation and dissemination of source materials to the public. Many of the object files are intended for the purposes of repair, decoration or organization.[1] Thingiverse houses more than a million open source hardware designs, that allow prosumers to save money by manufacturing their own products rather than purchase them commercially.[2]
Thingiverse was started in November 2008[3] by Zach Smith as a companion site to MakerBot Industries, a DIY3D printer kit making company. In 2013, Makerbot and Thingiverse were acquired by Stratasys. The open source value creation of Thingiverse was a major component in the value of Makerbot.[4]
Thingiverse received an Honorable Mention in the Digital Communities category of the 2010 ARS Electronica, Prix Ars Electronica international competition for cyber-arts.[5]
As of November 2012, 25,000 designs had been uploaded to Thingiverse;[6] by June 2013, the total exceeded 100,000.[7] The 400,000th Thing was published on July 19, 2014.[8] Many of the designs on Thingiverse are meant for the greater good - e.g. assistive technologies.[9][10]
In its terms of use, Thingiverse stipulates that users must not include content that "contributes to the creation of weapons, illegal materials, or is otherwise objectionable." In 2012, Thingiverse removed an uploaded design for an entirely 3D-printed gun. In response, the gun's designers launched the site DEFCAD, designed to host Thingiverse's "censored" files.[11]
Open-source hardwareedit
Whereas many open-source hardware projects focus on project-specific materials, Thingiverse provides a common ground from which derivatives[12] and mashups[13] can form. These derivatives typically involve users modifying or improving existing designs and uploading them back to the site. Because all models on the site are open source, this behavior is actively encouraged by the site and community. Thingiverse is one of the first websites[14] to allow customization of parametric designs made with OpenSCAD. OpenSCAD is a free and open source software that uses scripting to design 3D objects.[15]
Many 3D printers can be upgraded with 3D-printed parts. Thingiverse users produce many improvements and modifications for a variety of platforms. Popular examples of community-based 3D printer projects include the RepRap project and the Contraptor project. Some 3D printers can be almost entirely 3D-printed themselves.[16][17]
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Thingiverse news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Thingiverse is a website dedicated to the sharing of user created digital design files Providing primarily free open source hardware designs licensed under the GNU General Public License or Creative Commons licenses the site allows contributors to select a user license type for the designs that they share 3D printers laser cutters milling machines and many other technologies can be used to physically create the files shared by the users on Thingiverse ThingiverseType of siteDatabaseAvailable inEnglishOwnerUltimakerCreated byZach Hoeken Smith Bre PettisRevenueAdvertisementURLwww wbr thingiverse wbr comRegistrationOptionalLaunchedOctober 18 2008 15 years ago 2008 10 18 Current statusActiveThingiverse is widely used in the DIY technology and Maker communities by the RepRap Project and by 3D printer and MakerBot operators Numerous technical projects use Thingiverse as a repository for shared innovation and dissemination of source materials to the public Many of the object files are intended for the purposes of repair decoration or organization 1 Thingiverse houses more than a million open source hardware designs that allow prosumers to save money by manufacturing their own products rather than purchase them commercially 2 Contents 1 History 2 Administration 3 Open source hardware 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThingiverse was started in November 2008 3 by Zach Smith as a companion site to MakerBot Industries a DIY 3D printer kit making company In 2013 Makerbot and Thingiverse were acquired by Stratasys The open source value creation of Thingiverse was a major component in the value of Makerbot 4 Thingiverse received an Honorable Mention in the Digital Communities category of the 2010 ARS Electronica Prix Ars Electronica international competition for cyber arts 5 As of November 2012 25 000 designs had been uploaded to Thingiverse 6 by June 2013 the total exceeded 100 000 7 The 400 000th Thing was published on July 19 2014 8 Many of the designs on Thingiverse are meant for the greater good e g assistive technologies 9 10 Administration editThe site is owned by Ultimaker and was originally owned by MakerBot Industries and run by one of its founders Bre Pettis in Brooklyn New York In its terms of use Thingiverse stipulates that users must not include content that contributes to the creation of weapons illegal materials or is otherwise objectionable In 2012 Thingiverse removed an uploaded design for an entirely 3D printed gun In response the gun s designers launched the site DEFCAD designed to host Thingiverse s censored files 11 Open source hardware editWhereas many open source hardware projects focus on project specific materials Thingiverse provides a common ground from which derivatives 12 and mashups 13 can form These derivatives typically involve users modifying or improving existing designs and uploading them back to the site Because all models on the site are open source this behavior is actively encouraged by the site and community Thingiverse is one of the first websites 14 to allow customization of parametric designs made with OpenSCAD OpenSCAD is a free and open source software that uses scripting to design 3D objects 15 Many 3D printers can be upgraded with 3D printed parts Thingiverse users produce many improvements and modifications for a variety of platforms Popular examples of community based 3D printer projects include the RepRap project and the Contraptor project Some 3D printers can be almost entirely 3D printed themselves 16 17 See also edit3D printing 3D modeling 3D scanning 3D Printing Marketplace Sketchfab dwg Pinshape Materialise NV 3DLT Sculpteo Shapeways Cults Threeding S3G file format STL file format References edit Make and Mend Thingiverse fixit roundup Makezine com by John Baichtal 16 August 2010 Blog makezine com 2010 08 16 Archived from the original on 20 August 2010 Retrieved 2011 09 16 Wittbrodt B T Glover A G Laureto J Anzalone G C Oppliger D Irwin J L Pearce J M 2013 09 01 Life cycle economic analysis of distributed manufacturing with open source 3 D printers Mechatronics 23 6 713 726 doi 10 1016 j mechatronics 2013 06 002 ISSN 0957 4158 S2CID 1766321 Previous post Next post 2008 11 20 Thingiverse com Launches A Library of Printable Objects Wired GeekDad by John Baichtal November 20 2008 Wired com Retrieved 2011 09 16 West Joel Kuk George 2016 01 01 The complementarity of openness How MakerBot leveraged Thingiverse in 3D printing Technological Forecasting and Social Change 102 169 181 doi 10 1016 j techfore 2015 07 025 ISSN 0040 1625 Austria 2010 ARS Electronica Prix Ars Electronica Digital Communities ANERKENNUNGEN New aec at Retrieved 2011 09 16 Andrew Introducing MakerBot Thingiverse Dashboard And Follow Features Makerbot blog JHoward 23 May 2013 The 100 000th Thing on Thingiverse Makerbot blog 400 000th thing on Thingiverse Simpson A Chloe Taliaferro Andrea Ruth September 2021 Designing Inclusion Using 3D Printing to Maximize Adapted Physical Education Participation TEACHING Exceptional Children 54 1 26 35 doi 10 1177 00400599211010191 ISSN 0040 0599 S2CID 236219739 Buehler Erin Branham Stacy Ali Abdullah Chang Jeremy J Hofmann Megan Kelly Hurst Amy Kane Shaun K 2015 04 18 Sharing is Caring Assistive Technology Designs on Thingiverse Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems CHI 15 New York NY USA Association for Computing Machinery pp 525 534 doi 10 1145 2702123 2702525 ISBN 978 1 4503 3145 6 S2CID 17273816 Daily Dot The Daily Dot 24 December 2012 Prusa simplified mendel by prusajr Thingiverse com 2010 09 18 Retrieved 2011 09 16 Duplo Brick to Brio Track adapter with snap lock by Zydac Thingiverse com Retrieved 2011 09 16 Nilsiam Yuenyong Pearce Joshua M 2017 Free and Open Source 3 D Model Customizer for Websites to Democratize Design with OpenSCAD Designs 1 1 5 doi 10 3390 designs1010005 ISSN 2411 9660 OpenSCAD openscad org Retrieved 2023 03 02 Snappy Most 3D Printable 3D printer yet 3dprintingindustry com 21 September 2015 Retrieved 2018 02 28 3D printing businesses pick3dprinter com 24 July 2019 Retrieved 2021 02 02 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thingiverse amp oldid 1175476681, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
