[rp-ml] Rapid Prototyping Mailing List, you are acknowledged for your contribution to this archive.

Jim McMahon jim at layergrownmodel.com
Tue Jun 9 22:25:41 EEST 2020


Thank you.

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020, 1:39 PM Marshall Burns <ListMail2 at fabbers.com> wrote:

> Actually, the quoted e-mail is from 2011. It’s available at:
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>               www.rp-ml.org/rp-ml-2011/0017.html
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> Regarding the Trispectives files, their file dates were in 1996 and 1997,
> late in the timeframe coved by the archive.
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> Re the Quadrax model, as I said, Jan did that in 2017. Support structures
> were not needed because the design was used in subsurface laser engraving,
> which of course does not require supports.
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> Elaine’s reply re supports history gives the best answers to those
> questions.
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> *From:* Jim McMahon <jim at layergrownmodel.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 9, 2020 09:46
> *To:* Rapid Prototyping Mailing List <rp-ml at rp-ml.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [rp-ml] Rapid Prototyping Mailing List, you are
> acknowledged for your contribution to this archive.
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> I was looking back through old emails comments and stumbled on this one
> from around 2006.
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> "In the longer-range chart, Stratasys is the star, multiplying in value
> over 18 times since its inception in 1994, with 3D not quite doubling since
> either 1991 or 1994. We see in this chart the painful experience of those
> of us who were here ten years ago, when this industry completely sat out
> the huge tech boom of the late 90s. But then in 2003, Stratasys began to
> outpace the NASDAQ, and has continued to do so ever since"
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> This rapid prototyping technology story is interesting to read back on and
> then to have questions about the history of files used in this technology
> should make people wonder what 3D printing was  really like at the
> 'beginning". Was there 3D printing with support structures at some point?
> When did 3D and Stratasys begin support structures? This quote I show says
> "Stratasys' inception in 1994 and 3D (Systems?) in 1991 or 1994" and the
> comment that "the industry sat out the huge tech boom in the late 1990's".
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> I will respond to Marshall that I did receive an email with thanks for
> contacting him in 2016 which may have helped with the Penn State Ennex
> contribution but I would love to see the dates when Trispective files were
> used. I never heard of them.  I will contact Jan about the date of this
> Quadrax "Ball in Cage" file origin unless someone else knows the date. That
> certainly would require a support structure internally and I am wondering
> how they did it. Was early Materialise involved? When were support
> structures first incorporated in a model file without outside CAD party
> cooperation? Without support structures a model is not a true 3D structure?
> Would anyone else accept this idea? The Helinski Patent for support issued
> on 8/4/1992 and some companies licensed it.
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> If anyone has any dates for these early files above,  I would be glad to
> receive them.
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> Thanks for this new burst of curiosity, I am enjoying it.
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> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 9:26 AM Marshall Burns <ListMail2 at fabbers.com>
> wrote:
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> Thanks for the comments yesterday.
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> Jonathan, thanks for stepping above your presumed pay grade with your kind
> remarks.
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> And let me offer some special acknowledgement to the other two people who
> responded.
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> In 2016, when I was preparing the digital section of the archive, I found
> that I had a number of old Trispectives files, but could not find any
> software to read them. I posted an inquiry here on the RP-ML and got a
> response from George Sachs that he had the original software and offered to
> convert my files to newer formats. He was able to convert most of the
> files, and did that to eight different formats, including dxf, stl, and
> jpg. So I was able to see again what was in those files and I included the
> conversions in the archive for current researchers to also be able to see.
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> The following year, I sent another inquiry here looking for an stl file of
> the old Quadrax ball in a cage. Jan Andrzejewski of the 3DP Museum
> responded that he didn’t have the file, but offered to recreate it for me
> from my photograph of the item, and he did that in several iterations and
> gave me the results in SolidWorks and stl.
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> George and Jan are both cited in the acknowledgements of the archive in
> the category of data conversion. So thank you again to both of them for
> their contributions to this project.
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> *From:* Marshall Burns <ListMail2 at fabbers.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, June 8, 2020 12:43
> *To:* 'Rapid Prototyping Mailing List' <rp-ml at rp-ml.org>
> *Subject:* RE: [rp-ml] Rapid Prototyping Mailing List, you are
> acknowledged for your contribution to this archive.
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> Hi folks, I’m wondering if the e-mail below was received here because I
> haven’t seen any comment on it, even from people telling me how much you
> hate the word “fabbers,” or that the briefcase in the picture is ugly, or
> something?
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> *From:* Marshall Burns <ListMail2 at fabbers.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 6, 2020 15:50
> *To:* Rapid Prototyping Mailing List <rp-ml at rp-ml.org>
> *Subject:* [rp-ml] Rapid Prototyping Mailing List, you are acknowledged
> for your contribution to this archive.
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> Hi RP-ML,
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> Thank you to the many friends here who shared with me the greatest
> adventure of the 1990s. The acknowledgements of the archive
> <https://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.ennex.com%2F_file%2F_%2F~Ennex%2Fproject%2Ffab%2Farchive%2FFabbersArchive_Acknowledgments.pdf/1/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/QOLXXjHiqnXZPEWhm3vrcLnb4Bk8jlER_guakOwQbhw=144>
> announced below cite the Rapid Prototyping Mailing List in the category,
> "Industry colleagues," as well as, of course, many individuals from here in
> that and other categories. It is an honor to have been able to preserve
> this record of our work together.
> ------------------------------
>
> *News Release*
> Ennex 3D Printing Archive Acquired by Penn State
>
> *Announcing:*
>
> *Fabbers: The Ennex Archive*
>
> *of 3D Printing Resources and Artifacts*
> *at the Eberly Family Special Collections LibraryPennsylvania State
> University*
>
> Ennex is pleased to announce that its archive of artifacts and resources
> <http://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Fwww.Ennex.com%2FFabbersArchive/1/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/f2xY_V6Rph9gKLZ9nx4sw4qQWwT5p3UbNEV3eeophyI=144>
> from the earliest days of digital fabrication has been acquired by
> Pennsylvania State University. The archive was acquired in early 2018, and
> after two years at work curating its more than 20,000 items, Penn State has
> now published its finding aid
> <https://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fcatalog.libraries.psu.edu%2Fcatalog%2F22088363/1/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/-wN7K1CDSwWnJm80UHGR7-Qiqwogdqj9uQxgl2xeSWA=144>
> for use by students, faculty, researchers, and the general public.
>
> [image: Image removed by sender. Fabbers Archive: Autofab Collection
> briefcase, 1994]
> <http://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Fwww.Ennex.com%2F_file%2F_%2F~Ennex%2Fproject%2Ffab%2Farchive%2FArchive%2Fartifact%2Fphoto%2FCIMG6006.jpg/1/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/3PhS_JHX56AOvue7x8hIQEIwzv9ATBpRybsDpjJOmqA=144>
>
> Briefcase used to show capabilities of digital fabrication in client
> meetings, 1994. (Enlarge
> <http://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Fwww.Ennex.com%2F_file%2F_%2F~Ennex%2Fproject%2Ffab%2Farchive%2FArchive%2Fartifact%2Fphoto%2FCIMG6006.jpg/2/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/-FmXc89K_5_fMATS5ze93o2ngyN3w53XkoHulH2GG7c=144>
> )
>
> Athena Jackson, head of Special Collections for the university at the time
> of the acquisition, said “This is an exciting collection that fits the
> mission of our new 3D printing lab. Our faculty are excited that a
> collection like this exists. It answers the ‘why’ question – helping to
> explain where the technology comes from.”
>
> Part of what attracted Penn State’s interest is the archive’s diverse
> contents, from fabricated artifacts to print resources to experimental
> materials from Ennex’s development laboratory. Matt Francis, former
> associate head of Special Collections, described the archive as “a cohesive
> ecosystem of the history of the technology.”
>
> Ennex was represented in the acquisition by Arthur Fournier
> <http://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Fwww.ArthurFournier.com/1/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/ZbeK5pU2Cm3bDNhUiRQc0RqA6B7uGnbGZ5drALSBm5c=144>,
> a New York-based rare archives dealer with a special focus on
> transformative cultural movements and disruptive technologies. Fournier
> explained that he took on the project because the archive “provides a
> unique overview of the historical circumstances surrounding the advent of
> 3D printing, a technology with explosive market growth and tremendous
> potential for transforming the means of production in modern society.”
>
> The archive includes 90 objects fabricated as far back as 1991 on the
> earliest 3D printers made by 20 companies or university laboratories in
> four countries using eight different processes, over 300 books and
> periodicals amounting to over 23,000 pages, including all the books and
> conference proceedings published on this technology in the 1990s, as well
> as every print issue of the original industry newsletter, the *Rapid
> Prototyping Report*, plus dozens of video tapes and over 500 photographic
> slides. Permission was obtained from a number of Ennex’s consulting clients
> to include the previously confidential reports produced for them. In
> return, Ennex has also released into the archive its own previously
> confidential documents, including business plans, machine designs, and
> customer presentations, in both paper and over 12,000 digital files.
>
> This e-mail is an excerpt of the full news release
> <http://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Fwww.Ennex.com%2Fproject%2Ffabbers%2Farchive%2Fannounce/1/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/1vcbMABEquhKLGKR1ub_7a7lFU_RTlI5KYooDLNTBHQ=144>.
> For more information, see:
>
>    - *The Fabbers Archive*
>    <http://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Fwww.Ennex.com%2FFabbersArchive/2/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/Z0ofEwFYnE-WxCaCkg8GNV7n5vbe6xwFZ2yjsQetDzw=144>:
>    The main page about the Archive on *Ennex.com*, with links to more
>    resources about it.
>    - *Ennex 3D Printing Archive Acquired by Penn State*
>    <http://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Fwww.Ennex.com%2Fproject%2Ffabbers%2Farchive%2Fannounce/2/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/SCw0T9hQZsXDpdZgjef4gS7bcNf87B_pjbG0a-1ejP4=144>:
>    News release announcing the availability of the archive at Pennsylvania
>    State University.
>    - *Introduction to the Fabbers Archive*
>    <http://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Fwww.Ennex.com%2Fproject%2Ffabbers%2Farchive%2Fintro/1/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/4JX8Wfqk9rOkJB22DPCDf3z48oSlkYvToSrEj9hqu3w=144>:
>    Excerpt from offering catalog by Arthur Fournier.
>    - Highlights of the Archive
>    <http://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Fwww.Ennex.com%2Fproject%2Ffabbers%2Farchive%2Fhighlights/1/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/fE1dCMA3N8WgwQi3i_m4cv9_aPEXHp7L9tkFm2pO3ao=144>:
>    An illustrated guide to a selection of more than a hundred examples of some
>    of the most interesting items in the archive.
>    - *Guide to Ennex Corporation records, 1991-2005*
>    <https://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fcatalog.libraries.psu.edu%2Fcatalog%2F22088363/2/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/7svLrr49N6vDXrEIW-P6obccdZgkCzId1qJJVB9GVAQ=144>:
>    Official finding aid for the archive at Pennsylvania State University.
>    - Acknowledgments
>    <http://info.fabbersarchive.ennex.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Fwww.Ennex.com%2F_file%2F_%2F~Ennex%2Fproject%2Ffab%2Farchive%2FFabbersArchive_Acknowledgments.pdf/1/010001728b659db5-194d53b5-38c0-4853-86bb-8cedaaa7e89b-000000/Q80HxSPQjqCTbWmDfC5DglQ2YtbKH7bT1MrsrYI7ktY=144>:
>    Ennex thanks many of the most important people who contributed to our work
>    throughout the 1990s.
>
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