3D Printing at Martin CC: Home

• Thingiverse

  Thingiverse is a community to discover, make, and share 3D models. Users can download files of objects that others have made. Several of the objects can be customized and modified.

• Mopho Source

  Morphosource is a project-based data archive that allows researchers to store and organize, share, and distribute their own 3d data.

• Yeggi

  Yeggi is a search engine to find 3D printable objects.

• Repables

  Open repository of digital files suitable for 3D printing.

• Sketchup 3D Warehouse

  Sketchup's design library of 3D models.

• Smithsonian X3D

  Collection of 3D models of various artifacts from the Smithsonian Museums.

• NIH 3D Print Exchange

  Search, browse, download, and share 3D biomedical printable models including custom labware.

• NASA 3D Resources

  NASA's 3D resources site that includes several printable models in .STL format.

• British Geological Survey

  Site contains many 3D models of fossils. You can download an OBJ file to use in 3D printing.

• African Fossils

  Africanfossils.org has several 3D models of significant fossils and artifacts in categories such as hominids, animals, and tools. It is a partnership with Autodesk, National Geographic, the Turkana Basin Institute, the National Museum of Kenya, and Stony Brook University.

• The Collection - Art & Archaeology Museum

  3D Scan project by artist Oliver Laric at The Usher Gallery at The Collection in Lincolnshire, UK.

• The Virtual Hampson Museum

  3D scans of Native American artifacts from the Hampson Archeological Museum State Park in Wilson, Arkansas. OBJ files are included.

• The British Museum on Sketchfab

  3D scans of artifacts at the British Museum in London.

The 3D printer is available for use by students faculty, staff and community patrons.

• The user will provide the 3D desgn to library staff on a flash drive provided by staff or via e-mail to the library help e-mail.
• Library staff will load the design into the printer and monitor the printing. Users are not permitted to load their designs or use the printer themselves.
• Items printed will be charged at a rate approved in the annual fee schedule (currently 20 cents per gram), with a minimum charge of $1.00.
• Items printed at the request of an instructor for a class will be charged to the department.
• Items not picked up after 30 days will be disposed of and charged to the user's library account.
• The library reserves the right to refuse any 3D printing reauest.
• Applicable disallowed uses of the Internet also apply to 3D printing

To view the complete 3D printer policy and procedures, see below:

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• Tinkercad

  Tinkercad has a free version of its software that creates 3D digital models. This is a great program for beginners and is used in the web browser.

• Autodesk 123D Design

  Free design software that can be used as a web app, downloaded to PC or Mac, or as an iPhone/ipad app. This is a great program for beginners.

• SketchUp

  SketchUp Make is a free 3D drawing tool.

• Blender

  Blender is a free open source computer graphics software that can be used for 3D modeling.

• Sculptris

  Sculptris is a virtual sculpting program.

• OpenSCAD

  OpenSCAD is a free software to create solid 3D CAD objects.

• Meshlab

  Meshlab is an free open source program for processing and editing unstructured 3D triangular meshes.

• Netfabb

  Netfabb is a free software that processes and repairs stl files to prepare them for 3D printing.