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After watching Grant Gee's documentary "Joy Division" i decided i have to print the iconic cover of their first album "Unknown Pleasures" in 3D. Unfortunately i could not find a single vector graphic or 3D model anywhere. There are articles about the history of the graphics, Peter Saville's artwork and PSR B1919+21. I even tried to visualize PSR B1919+21's waveforms. But in the end i spend an evening tracing the waves by hand while watching ESC. The resulting SVG file was extruded and rendered in Processing with Richard Marxer's Geomerative and my RExtrudedMesh extension. OBJ export was accomplished with OBJExport. The print is still not perfect. Skeinforge did a much better job than MakerBot slicer. Maybe the white PLA filament itself was the problem.

PShape model;

float ry;
  
public void setup() {
  size(480, 300, P3D);
  frameRate(30);
    
  model = loadShape("http://i.document.m05.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/UnknownPleasures.obj");
}

public void draw() {
  background(0);
  //lights();
  
  translate(width/2, height/2-10, 100);
  //rotateZ(PI/2.0);
  rotateX(-0.5);
  
  ry = map(mouseX, 0, width, -PI/2, PI/2);
  rotateY(ry);
  lights();
  fill(255);
  shape(model);
}

Download .pde

SVG Version: Files:
SVG vector graphics
OBJ file for printing
Processing Sketch

This model at Thingiverse   This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

I was surprised there's not much information about printing with Replicator and PLA on Makerbot's site. And i was surprised that it's impossible to heat the base plate in MakerWare when printing with PLA. I read about using a glass plate or "blue painters tape" instead. Blue painters tape is just simple Kreppband from the hardware store and it works fine. The print sticks on it and doesn't warp at all. My impressions so far: - No fumes and ABS smell - Faster prints because no need for printing bed heating - No warping so far (no need for windows) - Material is not as smooth as ABS

Since October we have a Makerbot Replicator at Hof University. It took us a while to calibrate it and to learn how to model things in order to print. But better late than never we've got it running and it prints our things like a charm. Here are some photos and the latest prints. Hello Kitty Les Paul keychain (dual extrusion with MakerWare 2.0.0) Thingiverse Learning curve of dual extrusion 3D printing Excited about the first print Our first print: A teapot! Otto Neurath pictograms in 3D Scanned and printed all students of my Creative Coding class

Studentische Projekte aus dem Fachbereich Mediendesign der Hochschule Hof / Campus Münchberg. Student projects from the Department of Media Design at Hof University / Campus Münchberg. Prof. Michael Zöllner - Interaction Design Interaction Design Gestische Interaktion im Operationssaal mit Microsoft Kinect in Kooperation mit Siemens Healthcare Gestural interaction in the operation room with Microsoft Kinect in cooperation with Siemens Healthcare -> Projekte ansehen / See all projects Information Architecture Netzneutralität in Kooperation mit netzpolitik.org Net neutrality in cooperation mit netzpolitik.org -> Projekt ansehen / See project Leitsysteme Experimentelle Leitsysteme für das Dokumentationszentrum des Reichsparteitagsgeländes in Nürnberg Experimental signage systems for the documentation centre of Nuremberg's Party Rally Area -> Projekte ansehen / See all projects 3D Printing Makerbot Replicator Einführung Makerbot Replicator introduction Creative Coding Repository at GitHub Processing Kursmaterial, Plugins und Example Code Processing course material, plugins and example code https://github.com/ixd-hof -> Sommersemester 2012 / Summer semester 2012 -> Media Design at Campus Hof -> Arbeitsblog (Registrierte Nutzer / registered users)

BTW: I'm Interaction Design professor at Hof University in Muenchberg now! These are my student's projects of the last semester: Interaction Design Kollaboration mit dem Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth Collaboration with Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth -> Projekte ansehen / See all projects User Experience Design Kollaboration mit dem Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth Collaboration with Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth -> Konzepte ansehen / See all concepts Informationsgrafik Alice im Wunderland Informationsgrafiken Alice in Wonderland Information Graphics -> Informationsgrafiken ansehen / See all information graphics Creative Coding Arduino Workshop LED Wall -> Projektdokumentation / Project documentation