User:ClothBot

ClothBot's RepRap Wiki Page

Pulling my MakerBot/RepRap activities into the greater pool of knowledge here.

RepRap Wiki'd Works In Progress

Place-holders for the stuff I need to create pages for in this wiki.

Designs

• Heated Build Platform (Ponoko Laser-Cut)
  • DXF Parts Library (QCAD): http://github.com/clothbot/makerbot/tree/master/HBP_Library/
  • WIP Designs: http://github.com/clothbot/makerbot/tree/master/HBP_Designs/

• Multi-Nozzle (Shapeways Stainless Steel)
  • Source: http://github.com/clothbot/makerbot/tree/master/multinozzle/

• MakerBeam Connectors
  • Source: http://github.com/clothbot/makerbot/tree/master/fabjects/MakerBeamConnectors/
  • Uses: http://github.com/clothbot/makerbot/tree/master/fabjects/libraries/

• Sewable Sockets
  • http://github.com/clothbot/makerbot/tree/master/fabjects/SewableSockets/
  • Uses: http://github.com/clothbot/makerbot/tree/master/fabjects/libraries/

Calibration

• Skeinforge Optimizations
  • Printing ABS on Kapton-covered Heated Build Platform (MakerGear design for MakerBot).

Scripts

Various pre- and post-processing scripts I use from time to time.

• Ponoko Related Scripts: http://github.com/clothbot/makerbot/tree/master/ponoko/
  • Convert QCAD generated SVG from my DXF Parts Library into Ponoko-compatible designs to pull into InkScape templates: http://github.com/clothbot/makerbot/blob/master/ponoko/qcad2ponoko.sed
• General Purpose Scripts: http://github.com/clothbot/makerbot/tree/master/scripts/
  • Convert XML intermediate format into OpenSCAD model code: http://github.com/clothbot/makerbot/blob/master/scripts/xml2scad.xsl
• Electronic Design Automation (EDA). Not limited to EDA, but that's the founding insight: http://github.com/clothbot/eda
  • Eagle to XML user language program (work in progress): http://github.com/clothbot/eda/blob/master/eagle/eagle2xml.ulp
  • Convert PCB Gerber files (only tested on Eagle Gerber output to date) into an XML intermediate format: http://github.com/clothbot/eda/blob/master/gerber/gerber2xml.sed
  • OpenSCAD Libraries and Operator Functions: http://github.com/clothbot/eda/tree/master/openscad/
    • Operator functions for creating DXF slices from OpenSCAD models: http://github.com/clothbot/eda/blob/master/openscad/operations/slicer.scad
    • Operator functions for tracing 2D shells inside DXF slices: http://github.com/clothbot/eda/blob/master/openscad/operations/shell.scad
    • Operator functions for creating fill in DXF slices: http://github.com/clothbot/eda/blob/master/openscad/operations/fill.scad

External Links

• Personal Wiki; Early Work and Non-RepRap Material: http://clothbot.com/wiki/
• GitHub for Revision Control: http://github.com/clothbot
• Thingiverse Design Milestones: http://www.thingiverse.com/clothbot