Andy,
I don't know if you have seen the paper written by David Kumpar, et al from Montana State University, but it has a lot of detail about their PrintSat. See the PDF, 3D PRINTED PARTS FOR CUBESATS; EXPERIENCES FROM KYSAT-2 AND PRINTSAT USING WINDFORM XT 2.0, here
http://www.dycoss.com/program/final/IAA-AAS-DyCoSS2-14-09-10.pdf
Other press release type references include http://amsat-uk.org/tag/david-klumpar/
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20120609-msu-uses-windform-to-build-amateur-ra...
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EMike E. Michael McCardel, KC8YLD V.P. for Educational Relations, AMSAT-NA
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 8:23 AM, andy thomas andythomasmail@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hi I am thinking of investing in a 3D printer or using one at our local makespace. Here in the UK a magazine is offering a weekly build-by-component series to make a 3d printer that will run on a pc or mac and uses DOT stl files for the design. A lsow build but an interesting idea nonetheless. I have seen at ESTEC 3d printed model plastic cubesats and am aware of the experiment on the ISS but do not know the software used or data file format. I was wondering if anyone on the -bb has experience of using a 3D printer for outreach or (like SATNOGS) for building rotator gears, and if so whether the file extension DOTstl is an industry standard for this work? I wonder if the estec and nasa files would be reachable by, say, the freedom of information legislation, or would be handed over. many thanks 73 de andy g0sfj _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb