We’ve been working with a team of grad students from SDSU’s Learning Design and Technology dept to build some prefabricated projects to help UCSD instructors employ the DML and itsRead More →

We love making 3D models from 2D cartoon characters. It’s a great exercise in thinking 3D. This model is from an episode of Bob’s Burger’s, Louise’s favorite toy. You canRead More →

Using Terrain2STL to create this huge 3d terrain map of the American West. We used a program called meshmixxer to cut the model up into 20 smaller tiles and printRead More →

This is so cool, it’s a webapp called Paintschainer which uses a neural net to color in images. Upload your uncolored outline and pop in some color seeds. It’ll expandRead More →

We got this really cool new VR app called Gravity Sketch. It lets you build 3D printable models in VR and upload directly to sketchfab. The interface can be aRead More →

We’ve upgraded our older Makerbot 2s with heated build plates. It turns out the 2 and 2X share almost all hardware, so swapping these out was easy. Print warping wasRead More →

This is a model of an infant’s heart with Kawasaki syndrome, the surgeon (working with the Cardiac Research Group) wanted a model to show the parents and explain process. WeRead More →

Come on by and try out our new VR Headsets. We have two Oculus Touches and two HTC Vives (one room scale). You can try our apps or log inRead More →

I cast these bears from a 3D print. Calit2’s Drone Lab was nice enough to give me the model. The reclining bear was a mistake, but he’s turned out toRead More →