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AtomJaay
Apr '15

Today I had the chance to use my 3D printer in a most novel way… by thanking the nursing staff of the maternity ward who have been looking after my wife and new daughter.

Through the power of 3D printing I was able to quickly turn the ink foot print they took into a Pink PLA plastic “token” of our appreciation… to scale of course.

If I were super slick, I would have packed the PrintrBot Simple into the car with a 12V to 120V converter and just printed them in the hospital parking lot. :wink:

This idea turned out so well that I’m sure I’ll be making a bunch more for friends and family.

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Nikki
Apr '15

Congratulations @AtomJaay!
Love the personalized gifts you’ve made and look forward to seeing that mobile 3D printing Hub hooked up to your car battery! :wink:

gr5org
Apr '15

Ooh - in cura you can do height based on darkness and get it slightly more 3 dimensional.

AtomJaay
Apr '15

Software to #3dprint #footprint @GIMP_Official @shapeways 2D to 3D app @netfabb @SketchUp @meshmixer @simplify3d The shapeways app does the same, but I find without smooth transition of gradient you can get rough surface rather than sloping mounds.

AtomJaay
Apr '15

I was thinking baby shoes in NinjaFlex to start off.

Alex3DHubs
Apr '15

This is awesome! One thing I did when I was making stamps from images, was export it as a SVG. You can then import that SVG in Tinkercad to get in ‘3D’.

AtomJaay
Apr '15

A stamp of this stamp would be a great addition to the project. I always forget to mirror when I make stamps and end up with a coin first. :wink:

AtomJaay
Apr '15

Thanks @Paulina

If you know anybody who works with the Shapeways APP builder ShapeJS I would love to talk to them. I would really like to make this process a seamless shapeways experience that can create these from an uploaded image and add a backing plus custom text.

Download and order one through 3DHubs locally or directly from shapeways. Make some money for other Hubs and get a College Fund going for the little one.

@Filemon @Nikki @Alex3DHubs @gabriela3d

Mikrotvornica
Apr '15

Hello everyone. I just have to give big props to @AtomJaay for having such a great idea. I saw this few days a go here and just thought its really cool. And while playing with my own creation for Instructables contest I came upon 3dprint article about this. Since I didn’t have anything to publish on my FB page I decided to just share this and added a comment that my shop can print these if someone wants. Atom saw this and responded with a comment to post on Instructables if I print some. His comment kindly reminded me that I forgot to ask if I may offer his work in my shop (3DHub). So I send him a message and we started to talk about this. He gave me his permission to use this and offered some collaboration. I think this could be a good example on how to approach designers, even if they relished their work on some free Creative Comons licence, and give them credit for their work. I think this is a great issue in 3D Printing these days (i’ve seen @flowalistik fighting a legal war with guy on Etsy selling and remodeling his work). So as Atom said to me simple “may I” is the right thing to do, and I think many makers and designers would be happy. And so here we are. My FB page just went crazy today with friends and some random people asking how to get one of these for their child. And now I’m happy I can say my little shop can print those for them. Thank you AtomJaay.

P.S. i digress, but is there any app for FB i can use to place 3DHubs like my Pinterest app or Twitter app. I did place the link for uploading files on my hub to the “shop now” button tho.

flowalistik
Apr '15

What you’ve done is the right way, and seeing the nature of this kind of design (more lovely and personal), I would have totally agreed to let anyone offer this kind of service. In my case, this guy (Travis Curran) ignored me for three months and he just tried to hide any image or listing where anyone could see that he had been selling. It looks like he didn’t know how the Google Caché worked. In your case, you’re the kind of people that will make this a better world, and I wish you all my luck with these tiny 3d printed feet!

AtomJaay
Apr '15

I’m having a similar problem with a design rip off where all I am asking for is a mention. I’ve reached out many times and the guy just ignores me.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181531652674

Original: https://twitter.com/gosphero/status/516986905573855232