3DThings

Index

• About
  • Why free and open?
  • Mision
  • Vision
  • Software stack
• Repo structure and files
• Considerations
• To Do
• Contributors

About

This is an open collection of 3D designs of projects, hobby creations ands comercial things.

Also available on Thingiverse.

Why free and open?

I believe that the best way to learn and grow is by sharing and receiving knowledge.

All designs in this repository are licensed under the MIT License unless a LICENSE file is included inside a Thing folder.

Mision

To share and collaborate with the 3D maker community to create better things.

Vision

FOST concept: Free and Open Source Things.

To create a large collection of 3D designs for free use and collaboration.

Software stack

All software used are FOSS.

• FreeCAD: For 3D modeling.
• Blender: For 3D modeling.
• PrusaSlicer: For slicing.
• Inkscape: For 2D design.
• etc.

Repo structure and files

3DThings
├───Thing
│   ├───designs
│   │   ├───blender
│   │   │   └───file.blend
│   │   ├───freecad
│   │   |   └───file.FCStd
│   │   └───inkscape
│   │       └───file.svg
│   ├───extras
│   │   └───images
│   │       └───file.png
│   ├───printer
│   │   ├───3mf
│   │   │   └───file.3mf
│   │   ├───gcode
│   │   │   └───file.gcode
│   │   └───stl
│   │       └───file.stl
│   ├───README.md
│   └───LICENSE
├───README.md
└───LICENSE

• Thing: Template folder structure for each thing.
  • designs: Folder for source design files.
    • blender
    • freecad
    • inkscape
    • other
  • extras: Extra files like 2D designs, plans, electronics, etc.
    • images (Images of the thing. Render, STL, real print, etc.)
  • printer: Files related to printing.
    • 3mf
    • gcode
    • stl
  • README.md: Description of the thing (you have a template).
  • LICENSE: License of the thing.

Important:

• All folders in bold are mandatory
• You MUST include editable project files in desings folder (from any software mention above or FOSS)
• You MUST include STL files in printer/stl folder.
• You MUST include at least 1 image of the thing in extras/images folder.
• If you want to use a license different from MIT, you MUST include a LICENSE file with the license in Thing folder.

Considerations

• All designs in this repository are licensed under the MIT License unless a LICENSE file is included inside a Thing folder.
• All software used is FOSS.

To Do

• Add License
• Contribution guidlines

Contributors