Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-13 Thread Richard Symonds
I'm coming in to the discussion a bit late, but why do we need a new wiki for this? Surely it falls under the remit of Commons. I hate to see a proliferation of wikis, it dilutes the community rather too much! Am I missing something? Richard Symonds WMUK On 11/02/2012 10:42, Ray Saintonge

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-11 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 02/09/12 10:39 AM, Chris Lee wrote: The largest problem I see with this is offering a 3D modelling software that is free and (somewhat) easy to use. I know some exist, but they are not nearly as friendly as Solidworks or Pro e. secondly, we would need to offer a free viewer, so that they

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-10 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, When you consider a new project, it is important to consider how it will fit in. Just being able to have 3d images makes sense when people can view them. Making them only available does not strike me as that interesting. Working on such models is probably more interesting. The question then

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-10 Thread Leinonen Teemu
On 10.2.2012, at 10.55, Gerard Meijssen wrote: When you consider a new project, it is important to consider how it will fit in. Just being able to have 3d images makes sense when people can view them. Making them only available does not strike me as that interesting. Working on such models is

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-10 Thread geni
On 10 February 2012 12:22, Leinonen Teemu teemu.leino...@aalto.fi wrote: I do not know enough about file formats, but we naturally would been both: free format for viewing 3D objects and free format that can be used for making out of them physical objects. In the short term just set up

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-09 Thread Leinonen Teemu
On 8.2.2012, at 22.03, Tom Morris wrote: I have contacts to the European Fablab folks and we probably could start with them a project on an Incubator. Just noticed that the Incubator is now only for new languages. Is it so that the Wikimedia is not looking for new projects? Fabbing isn't

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-09 Thread Chris Lee
The largest problem I see with this is offering a 3D modelling software that is free and (somewhat) easy to use. I know some exist, but they are not nearly as friendly as Solidworks or Pro e. secondly, we would need to offer a free viewer, so that they could be accessed from Wikipedia articles or

[Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-08 Thread Leinonen Teemu
Hello all, Has there been any attempt to start a Wikimedia project focusing on free 3D models? I think, right now it would be the right timing for it. The prices of 3D printers and other computer controlled machines are coming down [1] and there are growing network of FabLabs around the

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-08 Thread Steven Walling
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Leinonen Teemu teemu.leino...@aalto.fiwrote: Hello all, Has there been any attempt to start a Wikimedia project focusing on free 3D models? I think, right now it would be the right timing for it. The prices of 3D printers and other computer controlled

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-08 Thread HaeB
2012/2/8 Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.com: On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Leinonen Teemu teemu.leino...@aalto.fiwrote: Hello all, Has there been any attempt to start a Wikimedia project focusing on free 3D models? I think, right now it would be the right timing for it. The prices

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-08 Thread Stephen LaPorte
If you are interested in the intellectual property issues facing 3D printing, Public Knowledge has a white paper from 2010: http://www.publicknowledge.org/it-will-be-awesome-if-they-dont-screw-it-up Cheers, Stephen On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:52 AM, HaeB haebw...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/2/8 Steven

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-08 Thread Tom Morris
On 8 February 2012 10:10, Leinonen Teemu teemu.leino...@aalto.fi wrote: Has there been any attempt to start a Wikimedia project focusing on free 3D models? I think, right now it would be the right timing for it. The prices of 3D printers and other computer controlled machines are coming