Sketchup for kickstarter projects
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Iv noticed after posts from our mayor Mike there is a growing number of kickstarter projects where sketchup is used and I set this thrend up to show others what projects are out there, I'll start it off with this project and feel free to add other sketchup/kickstarter projects or projects you feel may help or be useful when applied with sketchup, so we can follow these projects and their progress
A modular, inexpensive, versatile desktop-scale CNC machine to put computer-automated machining and fabrication in the hands of creators. Whether they be hobbyists or evil scientists, small-scale manufacturers or budding inventors, the power to go from on-screen design to precision-machined product in a few mouse clicks is very exciting.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/421256045/diy-desktop-cnc-machine?ref=category -
What a great idea.(The thread and the machine
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I could use one of these nifty little creatures.
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Its over but the site is here, http://www.mydiycnc.com/
.... and someone should tell the guy to switch off the water tap and shoot the cockerel before making his next promo video
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@unknownuser said:
.... and someone should tell the guy to switch off the water tap and shoot the cockerel before making his next promo video
Don't forget that clicking sound he makes,
Iv come across some more sketchup integrated into these projects but for now I don't wanna be taking all the glory, Any projects feel free to add -
This is most co-incidental and fortunate.
Our Resident Movie Maker Joel Metzger has just relaunched a project on Kickstarter! I did not know about the first one which failed but I would like to help him get this new one off the ground.
This is the story so far from Joel,
*An Exciting Development...
As you probably know, I was invited by the local public tv station (WHYY, channel 12 in Philadelphia) to submit a compilation of Treasure Inside movies. I'm planning a half-hour show with a few movies and a little talk about what inspires them.The First Try...
Some money is needed for this, mostly to hire videographers, and we did a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter.com. Many people pledged (totaling over $1150) but we didn't reach the goal ($3500). Kickstarter projects are not funded if their goal is not reached, so we received no funds (and nobody's credit card was charged).A Second Try...
A second Kickstarter project just launched, with a much lower goal ($950) -- because I'll work with college students instead of professional videographers. I am asking everyone who pledged the first time, to pledge again this time - so the goal should be reached easily. And if we go over the goal, all extra money will go towards creating more movies.If we each gave a little, it would be easy to put this mention of the treasure inside on mainstream media.
Please visit the Kickstarter page (updated!), watch the video (revised!), and read the rewards (also changed!), and share this with friends. Any amount that you donate will be appreciated muchly!*
So, if you have a fews $ floating around the bottom of you pocket that you can spare shoot over the Joels' Kichstarter project and help make it happen.
Mike
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Oculus Rift is a new virtual reality (VR) headset designed specifically for video games that will change the way you think about gaming forever. With an incredibly wide field of view, high resolution display, and ultra-low latency head tracking, the Rift provides a truly immersive experience that allows you to step inside your favorite game and explore new worlds like never before.I cant help thinking this project could be useful to SU users in the future, imagine being able to virtualy view your creations, or be in the virtual space while modelling using head movement to observe your model from different angles, and a developer kit if you back for $300, only 62 hrs left to order, its worth thinking about but im gonna wait for the commercial release
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game?ref=category
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A success, An easy to build open source 3D object printer. For the newbie or experienced maker, there's a model for everyone! NEW $599 Model!
With many months in development combined the best ideas from the open source community and some new ideas into an extremely flexible open source 3D printer design. Following the traditions of “Reprap” 3D printers, the new Buko framework design is self-replicating and does not require any special machining for it’s major parts. carefully designed this new 3D printer to be very easy to build, very sturdy and have the ability to grow in the future without compromising print quality. Bukobots will raise the bar of open source 3D printers.
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Just browsing through kickstarter and found this 3D printer idea, my first taught was is this Rich,
, but a great idea non the less, if i had known it was there i would of backed this, this is why i added this thrend, let others here know about sketchup related kickstarter projects and who knows, it may help us by backing these fantastic projects.A desktop 3D printer you can build in a couple hours. Print plastic parts you design or download - even parts for another printer.
The Printrbot to be the simplest 3D printer yet. There are some great kits out there - the Makerbot, the Ultimaker, the Prusa Mendel, and others - but none as small and simple as the Printrbot. This all-in-one 3D printer kit can be assembled and printing in a couple of hours. Other kits will not only take you many more hours to build, they will also have hundreds more parts, and they will cost more. My design also does away with the finicky calibration and adjustment from which most 3D printers suffer. This is the printer a kid could put together. We assemble the electronics, we assemble the hotend, and we put the connectors on all the motors and components... no soldering required!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printrbot/printrbot-your-first-3d-printer?ref=card
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In this kickstarter priject you will nitice sketchup was used in the early development of this technology, A oil spill cleanup using robotic/remote sailing boats.
Spilled oil moves downwind from its source following surface currents. Traditional oil skimmers pull oil-absorbent booms and trace random linear paths in a sea of oil. But a better way to capture this oil is to sail upwind, intercepting the oil sheens traveling downwind. Protei harnesses the wind in order to power an unmanned sailing drone, pulling a long oil-absorbent ‘tail’ upwind. A fleet of many Protei will work automatically as a swarm, or be remotely controlled by coastal residents and on-line gamers.
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I backed up Printrbot, in fact it seat son my right hand side at the office.
Brook Drumm has been using SketchUp a lot do model its parts
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@bertier said:
I backed up Printrbot, in fact it seat son my right hand side at the office.
Brook Drumm has been using SketchUp a lot do model its partsExcellent, so kickstarter projects do work, and do benefit sketchup users, thanks Bertier, I have being scrolling through kickstarter and I must say there are many more 3D printer projects, and they are all proving successful so far, each 3D printer has it's unique features but what makes them all the same is the low price, in fact 1 iv seen if you fund for $500 you get 1 for yourself, now that's a great deal, I hope to hear more examples here from others, where you may have funded a project, started a project or simply looking into a current project at present, anyone here planning a kickstarter project? Share it and tell us about it.
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I have funded another project :
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joshharker/crania-anatomica-filigre-me-to-you
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The funding for the oculus rift I posted earlier has just finished and a huge success it was too, looks like it will be available sometime next yr, I'll be keeping my eye on that product and look forward to its release, I'm sure at some stage we will be all imursed in our SU virtual space once this beauty is released, looking forward to it.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game?ref=category
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Ok people, Joel Metzger needs our help, as seen here on our Mayor Mike Lucy's post
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=47620&p=427514#p427514
a fellow sketchup artist only has 10 days left to reach his kickstarter goal, he has raised $905 so far but his goal is $950, kickstarter only funds projects if the goal is reached, 10 days guys to raise $45, help Joel reach his goal
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Joel Metzger reached his kickstarter goal today, hope all works out for him and wish him luck, can't wait to see what he produces in he coming future, I'm a big fan of his work and imagination, keep up the good work Joel and best of luck and well done
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Heres a strange one, this guy is trying to develop a war based video game using google earth and google warehouse assets, interesting idea, looks like CIA sort of stuff but ill let ye check it out for yourselfs.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/945876709/geoception-reality-gaming-in-google-earth?ref=category
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Sorry for posting this kickstarter project, it has no relation to sketchup but i had to give ye all heads up on this as i know there are some wing commander and freelancer vets here on the forums, Chris Roberts has returned from movie making to develop this space sim, and the pure scale of this is just beyond belief, you just need to view the clips to see for yourself, i also posted earlier about the oculus rift, a new VR headset which is being made compatible with star citizen, anyway 10 days left to back this already successful project, i backed it and if you are interested in backing can you please submit i recommended it to you, ha ha, there is a prize for the most friends introduced, wouldnt mind getting my hands on this, so have a look at this space sim if its your thing
You can fund both here
http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/
or here
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen?ref=livehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M995Mqr67E&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vhRQPhL1YU
If your not interested its still worth checking out for modellers, on average a character in a game is 10000 faces, in star citizen its 10 times that, yes at 100000 faces, a ship would be 30000 faces but star citizen is 300000 faces, the detail has never being so big in a game before, and its worth looking at how detailed they actually are
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MESHUP
MeshUp is the first real volume modeler for meshes. To make life easier for 3D printing and for creators. Uformia envision a very different experience for users, where without effort, a creator can be sure that their models are always ready for 3D printing.http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/723819776/meshup-mashup-for-meshes?ref=category
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MOST FUNDED KICKSTARTER
This project is ended but it is up there as the most funded kickstarter project, The Pebble is a customizable watch. Download new watchfaces, use sports and fitness apps, get notifications from your phone.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone-and-android
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