Thingiverse
Type of site | Database |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Ultimaker |
Created by | Zach "Hoeken" Smith, Bre Pettis |
Revenue | Advertisement |
URL | www |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | October 18, 2008 |
Current status | Active |
Thingiverse is a
Thingiverse is widely used in the
History
Thingiverse was started in November 2008
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
The site is owned by
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.[12]
Open-source hardware
Whereas many
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
See also
- 3D 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
- ^ "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.
- 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.
- 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
- S2CID 236219739.
- S2CID 17273816.
- ^ "Dutch-based Ultimaker and US-based MakerBot complete merger; aims to accelerate 3D printing innovation | Silicon Canals". 2022-09-16. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "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.
- 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.