If this was in the catalog I would print one.....(ideas or maybe its already there?)

[joonthelake]

I would like to see the original globe file. It is what caught my attention during the kick start.

[joonthelake]

[deirdrebeth]

It’s not in the catalog but:

Cardboard Globe - similar to the one in the Glowforge Video

After watching a tutorial on Autodesk Fusion 360, I downloaded a model of the Earth from the Thingiverse and imported it into Slicer for Autodesk 360 Fusion. To produce a PDF with cut instructions, I did the following: Adjusted the manufacturing settings, creating a profile for my Glowforge. Note that the thickness is set to 0.115 (typical thickness of cardboard from Amazon boxes) [02 AM] Selected stacked slices for the construction technique. [49 AM] Adjusted the Slice Direction to a…

[Xabbess]

@rbtdanforth

After everything is set correctly there is a “submit for catalog

Yes…but before anyone can submit their design, they have to ‘apply’ to be a designer, first. I think that’s what Ellen was saying.

[rbtdanforth]

Looking at it at a better resolution than I have seen before it might not be so extremely hard. A two color globe might be the trickiest, while changing the diameter of one of the colors. Then a slicing program for a 3D printer would get you each of the sheets to cutout. I would even look for a sliced globe in open source for 3D printing, and scale it so the slice thickness is equal to the material yiou are cutting.

[deirdrebeth]

@Xabbess

‘apply’ to be a designer

Yup this - I had already clicked the slider some time in the past, but now I clicked the link to apply We’ll see!

Thank you @ellencadwell!

[rvogt]

Me too!!!

[ellencadwell]

You’re welcome! Hope we both make it!

[emilyhuh]

@deirdrebeth

I should submit some of my designs!

You should!! All of these sound great and would love to see you design one of these!

[emilyhuh]

@ellencadwell

Designer application submitted.

Yay!! Excited to see one of your designs in the catalog!

[ellencadwell]

Hey Emily, I haven’t submitted a design yet. Just applied to be able to.
Ellen

[emilyhuh]

@ellencadwell

Hey Emily, I haven’t submitted a design yet. Just applied to be able to.

Fingers crossed for you!! If you need me to put in a good word for you, let me know.

[ellencadwell]

Yes, please do! And put in a good word for @deirdrebeth too!

[emilyhuh]

I just put in a good word for you and @deirdrebeth !! Thank you for applying!! Fingers crossed!

[ellencadwell]

Thank you !!