RepRap Family Tree

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RepRap_Family_Tree

Release status: concept

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Project for an illustration of the evolution/variations of the reprap project and the others machines inspired
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The project

What ?

A friend (Arthur S.) and I had thought to make a sort of "family tree" showing the development and variations of the reprap project (and it's inspired cousins).

The goal : is to have a nice graphic and to print some sexy poster, maybe by pre-ordering a batch with the help of a kickstarter'like to share them with the world.

The chart is now organized, we may try some other concepts, from a simple visualization with picto to a machinable version ^^ (printable/engravable) I don't know what the final license of the artwork will be, but certainly a creative commons.

How can you help?

Don't hesitate to mention a missing project, or if you think their is a mistake somewhere. You can comment on the following thread : reprap family tree

RepRap Family Tree - Timeline 2006-2011

The latest attempt to visualize the evolution of the reprap and some other printers over time (70+ projects).

RFT timeline2006-2012 extended.png

As one can presume, since the Mendel the projects seems to flourish :)

References

2006 ShowCase (Da Witch/Zaphod, RepStrap, Tommelise, A.R.N.I.E.), Candyfab (aug-may), Fab@home (27oct),

2007 Darwin (07jul), RapMan (), Fabaroni (fall), McWire_Cartesian_Bot_1_2 (06dec), 3dhomemade J.Veloso (start somewhere in 2007)

2008 PonokoRepRap (22feb), Lego_RepStrap (08oct), FTIStrap (21oct)

2009 Makerbot cupcake (17apr), Mendel (), MegaMendel (07jul), Builders/JunkStrap (28may) Mendel_Apollo (17sep), Eiffel (06nov), Metal_Mendel (09nov)

2010 RepOlaRap (08jan), Delta (10jan), T-Rep (15jan), Mini-mendel (09feb), Mendel_Variations/Catalyst (21feb), Contraptor (22feb), WolfStrap (3mar), Isaac (27march), Cupcakestrap cupcake (01apr), MultiRep (08apr), LaserCut_Mendel (10apr), Bonsai_RepStrap (14apr), Shapercube (apr), Le Big Rep (18may), Bfb3000 (24may), Foton_3Dprinter (19jun), Up!3dprinter (21jun), Francisco (05jul), Columbus (04aug), Prusa (20aug), MetalicaRap (26aug), Huxley (30aug), TRap (02sep), Big_Mendel (05sep), Huxley_Seedling (10sep), Makerbot Thing-O-Matic (25sep), Mantis_9.1 (15oct), Kludgebot (22oct), Helium_Frog_Delta_Robot (26oct), Rapman-Pro (26oct), FabPod (08nov), Doboz (10nov), Integrated_Parametric_RepRap (26nov), Ultimaker (29nov), Makergear Prusa (nov-dec), Rusty-Huxley (or Prusa-Huxley) (01dec), Gunstrap (12dec), TechZoneHuxley (25dec), Malthus (26dec), Rap@Home (29dec),

2011 EMAKER_Huxley (17jan), Mixtape_mendel (31jan), Yazzo PolyBot Cranberry (01feb), A5_Powder_bed_printer (15feb), Clonedel (15feb), Mendel v2 camiel's redesign (feb), Reprap 1X2 (22feb), Sumpod_3D (07mar) IKBot (09mar), AdderFab (15mar), Huxley MD (19mar), 1X2_Tallcat (28mar), Yazzo Polybot derivative (03apr), MiniMaker (08apr), Type A Printer MK1 (10apr), Orca (21apr), 1X2_Shortcat (30apr), Betzbot (06may), RobunDel (22may), Kinirap (23may), Bfb3000 Plus (24may), SUPER! Cupcake (24may), TechZone_InfoHub#TZ_Mondo (26may), Test_Tube_Mendel (02jun), Vik's mendel (03jun), Makergear Mosaic (04jun) Snapdragon (05jun), Adrians_Prusa_Notes (11jun), Yazzo Polybot Raspberry (14jun), K'nexStrap (16jun), Bigfoot (27jun), Mini_prusa (27jun), Open Hybrid Mendel (Ohm) (23aug),

Next revision : 2.14

Post-it for future modifications.

Machine(+link)/date/status

the 'JunkStrap' is actually a derivative of the original Darwin, not the McWire

From an old mail found about a classification of each machines of every user, we will keep this terminology to add in the comparison table

  • number of heads (1, 2, 3)
  • axes topology head: XZ or XY or XYZ or "other"
  • axes topology table: Z or X or Y or XY or "other"

Files

v2
FILE ID# TYPE DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE FORMATS CREATED/BY
v2 PNG web resolution .png (save as) --Emmanuel
v2 JPG big print resolution (up to A3) .jpg (save as) --Emmanuel
v2x (extended) PNG same as v2 but less "contracted" and thus in portrait .png (save as) --Emmanuel
v2x (extended) JPG big print resolution (up to A2) .jpg (save as) --Emmanuel
v2+v2x .rar Thingiverse mirror thing:9088 --Emmanuel

Download and print-it-yourself. Or buy a poster at Zazzle if you prefer (I ordered one to see and the quality is really nice).

If you want to support me, you can also use flattr

For more details about the formats see the ISO_216

The picture of the Prusa was made with the sketchup model found here

other version

v3xL (wip) same as v2x but in a landscape format to give more room for the futur icons

v2.5 extended portrait

v2.2P

Reprap Family Tree v0.7

You can see/edit the first diagram at https://cacoo.com/diagrams/wKA1saahe1vsKQjW (just take care of course) It was useful to start the organization.

To Do ?

Add a comparison table of the different machines (for some spec) as a legend (maybe that's another project). RepRap - Tableau comparatif, just for the link, we need to refine that.

Related Links

RepRap_history

BackgroundPage (Wealth Without Money/Darwinian Marxism)

After Darwin Should Mendel be a specific 3D printer or a technology toolbox (16-01-2009)

An interesting post by Forrest Higgs, when looking at the evolution model of the reprap.

Basically, Reprap has two models of evolution going on in parallel.
In the core team, we see what I will call a punctuated animal model of evolution while the larger reprap community is a very vibrant bacterial model.

Combinatorics_Problem#bacteria-style_evolution