3D Print File Repositories?

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3D Print File Repositories?

Apart from the obvious (thingiverse) are there any major (or even minor) 3D print file repositories?

I did a search a few weeks ago and found 3-4, but my Google-Fu seems to have deserted me and I can’t find them now.

Thanks for your help…

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http://www.3dmarvels.com/, http://www.3dvia.com/, http://grabcad.com/library, http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/, http://www.ponoko.com/showroom/product-plans/, http://www.turbosquid.com/ for a start…

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Thanks @David_Brightbill are the sites that are primarily CAD sites useful? I may not be thinking this through but wouldn’t most of those be too complex? And it would be a lot of searching to find things that could usefully be replicated?

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One of the problems with all the 3d object repositories is the lack of common metadata across the sites. As a result, discoverability is a bit limited. I hope that NISO will take on the job of standardizing metadata for printable objects.

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Yes, I can certainly see the problem. Clearly not something that’s going to be solved quickly.

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There is a set of metadata for discoverability in design at http://thingtracker.net/

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That’s quite interesting…

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I see that there are questions over scalability which was my immediate thought as I read the proposal. But possible solutions too.

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New one I just saw that collects from others is http://www.yeggi.com.

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yeggi !!!