About 3D printers, programming and linux

úterý 7. července 2015

Additional tips for 3DSimo Mini

3DSimo launched new campaign on kickstarter to support their new 3DSimo Mini 3D pen. There are similar products on the market, like second version of 3Doodler. I decided to support this project for one reason - exchangeable tips.

I am 3D print fan and I have a printer myself. With this 3D draw tip I can simply join prints together and create complex objects.

I have few suggestion for 3DSimo team to make this product even more versatile.

Filament joiner

This tip will enable you to weld and splice filament pieces together. Then you could create multi-color filament to create such prints.

There are already several products on the market, but additional tip for 3Dsimo would be elegant solution.

Products on the market:

Print finishing tool

3D printed object is usually not final and it requires additional work. You need to remove print supports or print residues, make print smoother or fix issues caused by wrong print settings.

There are already dedicated tools for finishing print like Retouch3d or Cordless. But why not to have all in one? I can imagine multiple heads for this task.

Cordless tool tips:

Retouch3D tool tips:

How this tools can improve a print

Retouch3D tool in action

Blank tip for custom tools

Imagine I would like to create a custom tool, e.g. wood branding iron with my logo. Blank tip would help me with it a lot. I could just cast the logo in metal and append it on such blank head. Simple and easy :o)

čtvrtek 30. ledna 2014

Convert mp4 to mp3 in linux

Convert mp4 video file to wav audio
avconv -i input.mp4 output.wav

Encode wav to mp3
lame --preset standard input.wav output.mp3
For different mp3 quality use another preset mode. Display all preset modes with: lame --preset help

Update mp3 with ID3 tag
eyeD3 --encoding=utf8 -a "Author" -t "Title" -A "Album" --add-image image.jpg:FRONT_COVER input.mp3

Copy out audio from mp4 file as AAC
avconv -i input.mp4 -c:a copy output.aac

sobota 8. června 2013

Multiple screenshots from video with a MPlayer

To take multiple screenshots use a screenshot video filter. Append command with -vf screenshot

> mplayer -vf screenshot movie-filename.avi

If you press 's' a screenshot is taken and it's saved in current directory as shot00001.png file.

To start a screenshot sequence press 'S' (shift+s) and for stop press it again. Multiple files are saved.

čtvrtek 30. května 2013

Vim color scheme

Change vim color simple by typing in vim:

:colorscheme ron (for dark background)
:colorscheme peachpuff (for light background)

Write this color schema as colorscheme to /etc/vim/vimrc configuration file.

Find information on http://askubuntu.com/questions/24544/what-is-the-default-vim-colorscheme

středa 3. dubna 2013

Transfer files via browser

If you are running on Linux and your college needs to download files from you just run following command in directory with needed files:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Your colleges can see all files and subdirectories in browser on the address : and simple download them.

úterý 13. března 2012

WebConsole on Amazon

I manage my linux servers using ssh. From time to time I need to access them from places where ssh connection is not possible, e.g. behind firewall which enables HTTP only. Then I start a remote server with shell accessible via browser.

I use a simple solution using Amazon AWS EC2 service. I just start a prepared EC2 image on cheapest instance. This image contains installed Shell-in-a-box (Web based AJAX terminal emulator) and usage manual.

Shell In A Box implements a web server that can export arbitrary command line tools to a web based terminal emulator. For details see its homepage.

When I don't need the server anymore I just terminate it. The cost is several cents ($0.006/hour for Spot request server).

I you would like to try it the image name is ami-c73ef2ae (currently available only for US East - Northern Virginia).