RepRap Family Tree
Release status: concept
| Description | Project for an illustration of the evolution/variations of the reprap project and the others machines inspired
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Contents
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 and to share them with the world.
The chart is now organized, we may try some other concepts in the futur, from a simple visualization with picto to a machinable version ^^ (printable/engravable)
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
You're welcome to flattr this, buy a poster, or just share it everywhere :)
Add ideas, and discuss ways to help make this family tree interactive and more usefull on: Interactive RepRap Family Tree
RepRap Family Tree - Timeline 2006-2012
The latest attempt to visualize the evolution of the reprap and some other printers over time (80+ projects).
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), Rapman-Pro (26oct), 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), 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 Shapercube 2.0 (?) EMAKER_Huxley (17jan), Mixtape_mendel (31jan), Mendel Lego (?), 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), Gen_X (20may), 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), Repstrap Jibaro (09jul), Cube Vector (12jul), Super! Cupcake mk3 (12jul), SugarSnap (20jul), Huxley-eg (17jul), Deadalus 3D (25jul), Cube (27jul), Kliment's Prusa12 (12mm rod Big Prusa) (04aug), Open Hybrid Mendel (Ohm) 23aug, Yarr (aug?), GRRF Protos (03sept),
Next revision : 3.2
Post-it for future modifications.
Machine(+link)/date/status
- Tilt printer feb/experimental
- Kiwi-M5_Mendel_Battle_Tank jan/working
- IceBot mar/concept
- Action68's_vertical_x_axis_reprap 6jul/concept
- Nophead's design (before)aug/concept
- Printrbot 04sep/working
- Orca v0.30 sep/working
- Fablicator (?/commercial)
- Solidoodle (?/commercial?)
- add the page url
- rename the "skb kiparis" by "Gen-X"
- move Open Hybrid Mendel closer to Hybird branch (mixtape and all)
Files
| FILE ID# | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | AVAILABLE FORMATS | CREATED/BY |
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| v3 | SVG | vector version | .svg (save as) | --Emmanuel |
| v3 | Printable vector version | .pdf (save as) | --Emmanuel | |
| v3 | PNG | web/screen resolution | .png (save as) | --Emmanuel |
| Thingiverse mirror | thing:9088 | --Emmanuel | ||
| v3 | AI CS4 | Source file | .ai (save as) | --Emmanuel |
Download and print-it-yourself. Or buy a poster at Zazzle if you prefer (I ordered one to see and the quality is good). For more details about the formats see the ISO_216.
If you want to support me, you can also use flattr
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
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.
From an old mail found about a classification of each machines of every user, we may 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"
Related Links
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.
