Online Slicer

Description

Create an online slicer for 3D printing, as well as a Swiss-based 3D printing service. The slicer will distribute the tasks amongst the users of the service (folding at home style), so that users do not have to wait or can use a low-power machine with their 3D printer, all though an online portal. The online 3D printing service will use Fixme's Ultimaker, and proceeds will go towards maintaining the printer (maybe get higher end printers?) and helping Fixme.

The code is hosted at ssh://gitolite@foo.fixme.ch:1337/web-slic3r You are welcome to participate.

Goal

• Create a web based slicer, which converts 3D cad model to gcode for your 3D printer
  • Slice 3D models on remote machines, break it up amongst multiple machines after a certain size
    • Give 'points' or credit to those who helped slice models during their computer's idling time, which they can then use to slice their own models later quickly or on a less powerful machine
    • Have a payed service for those who do not want to share their computer's power yet want to use service
  • Have a website for accepting 3D models with config and options
    • Allow people to select their printer from a list, or load their own profile (?)
    • Select print fill, speed, etc
    • Automatic selection of options for n00bs
    • Print directly from Thingiverse using injected button
    • Show costs, length of filament used, etc (provide affiliated links to buy more (?))

Obstacles

A list of potential obstacles

• Nemen
• Corecode

Component

• Ultimaker

Schedule

• a dummy api is done on the night of the 26 may, the code is available on the internal fixme git server for the moment.

Participants

• User:gcmalloc
• User:sasha
• User:Noskill