Here’s an excellent interview introduction to David Braam, developer of the excellent Cura, that now has its own hyper speed, well-engineered slicer built in. In fact, it is so fast that slicing now happens when you aren’t looking, just as you get your piece into position for how you would like to produce the part! If you haven’t experimented with Cura yet, hopefully this short interview will tip you over the edge to investigating this new tool. Video by Andrew Mazzotta of 3DHacker:
David Braam is the creator and developer of Cura; an all-in-one, Open Source, 3D printing slicer and interface.
David develops Cura for Ultimaker in the Netherlands however Cura is an Open Source 3D Printing platform for us all.
It was a pleasure to meet David at Ultimaker’s headquarters and chat on developments. Some chats landed on current topics of quicker slicing, dynamic infill settings, new application ideas like “Easy Print” functions and printer error analysis, and especially his developments coming soon for enhanced GUI interactions. (David is a hobbyist game developer which separates him from many of the other 3D model slicing/printing interface developers in the GUI department.)
Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!