RepRap Family Tree
Release status: concept
Description | Project for an illustration of the evolution/variations of the reprap project and the others machines inspired
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The project
What ?
A friend and I had thought to make a sort of "family tree" showing the development and variations of the reprap project (and it's inspired cousins).
The goal : is to have a nice graphic and to print some sexy poster, maybe by pre-ordering a batch with the help of a kickstarter'like to share them with the world.
The chart is now organized, we may try some other concepts, from a simple visualization with picto to a machinable version ^^ (printed/engraved)
I don't know what the final license of the artwork will be, but certainly a creative commons.
Our deadline : mid-June (cause it will be cool to display it for the opening of the http://fablabsquared.org/ during Futur en Seine in Paris)
How can you help?
Don't hesitate to mention a missing project, or if you think their is a mistake somewhere. You can comment on the following thread : reprap family tree
RepRap Family Tree - Timeline 2006-2011
The latest attempt to visualize the evolution of the reprap and some other printers over time (over 70 projects).
As one can presume, since the Mendel the projects seems to flourish :)
References
2006 ShowCase (Da Witch/Zaphod, RepStrap, Tommelise, A.R.N.I.E.), Candyfab
2007 Darwin (summer 2007), RapMan, Rapman Pro (now Bfb3000), Fab@home, Fabaroni, McWire_Cartesian_Bot_1_2
2008 Makerbot cupcake, Lego_RepStrap
2009 Mendel, MegaMendel, Eiffel, Delta, Mendel_Apollo, Builders/JunkStrap
2010 RepOlaRap (), WolfStrap (), Isaac (), Mendel_Variations/Catalyst (), LaserCut_Mendel (), T-Rep (), Contraptor (), Huxley (),
Shapercube (april), Bonsai_RepStrap (14april), Le Big Rep (18may), Foton_3Dprinter (19june),
Makerbot Thing-O-Matic (),
Francisco (05july), Columbus (04aug), Prusa (20aug), MetalicaRap (26aug),
Up!3dprinter (),
TRap (02sept), Huxley_Seedling (10sept), Mantis_9.1 (15oct), Kludgebot (22oct), Helium_Frog_Delta_Robot (26oct), FabPod (08nov), Doboz (10nov), Integrated_Parametric_RepRap (26nov), Ultimaker (29nov), Makergear Prusa (nov-dec), Rusty-Huxley (or Prusa-Huxley) (01dec), Gunstrap (12dec), TechZoneHuxley (25dec), Malthus (26dec), Rap@Home (29dec),
2011 EMAKER_Huxley (17jan), Mixtape_mendel (31jan), PolyBot (01feb), A5_Powder_bed_printer (15feb), Clonedel (15feb), Mendel v2 camiel's redesign (feb), Reprap 1X2 (22feb), IKBot (09march), AdderFab (15march), 1X2_Tallcat (28march), MiniMaker (08april), Type A Printer MK1 (10april), Orca (21april), 1X2_Shortcat (30april), Betzbot (06may), RobunDel (22may), Kinirap (23may), SUPER! Cupcake (24may), TechZone_InfoHub#TZ_Mondo (26may), Test_Tube_Mendel (02jun), Makergear Mosaic (04jun) RepRap Snapdragon (05jun)
Files
FILE ID# | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | AVAILABLE FORMATS | CREATED/BY |
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v2 | PNG | web resolution | .png (save as) | --Emmanuel |
v2 | JPG | big print resolution (up to A3) | .jpg (save as) | --Emmanuel |
v2x (extended) | PNG | same as v2 but less "contracted" and thus in portrait | .png (save as) | --Emmanuel |
v2x (extended) | JPG | big print resolution (up to A2) | .jpg (save as) | --Emmanuel |
The files will be also accessible on Thingiverse [here] (as a mirror)
The picture of the Prusa was made with the sketchup model found here
other version
v3xL (wip) same as v2x but in a landscape format to give more room for the futur icons
Reprap Family Tree v0.7
You can see/edit this diagram at https://cacoo.com/diagrams/wKA1saahe1vsKQjW (just take care of course) It was useful to start the organization.
To Do ?
Add a comparison table of the different machines (for some spec) as a legend (maybe that's another project). RepRap - Tableau comparatif, just for the link, we need to refine that.
Related Links
BackgroundPage (Wealth Without Money/Darwinian Marxism)
After Darwin Should Mendel be a specific 3D printer or a technology toolbox (16-01-2009)
An interesting post by Forrest Higgs, when looking at the evolution model of the reprap.
- Basically, Reprap has two models of evolution going on in parallel.
- In the core team, we see what I will call a punctuated animal model of evolution while the larger reprap community is a very vibrant bacterial model.