AstroPrint

AstroPrint
Private
Industry 3D Printing
Founded 2013
Founders Drew Taylor, Daniel Arroyo, Joshua White
Headquarters San Diego, CA
Products AstroPrint, AstroBox, AstroAPI, AstroButton
Brands 3DaGoGo, AstroPrint
Services software for 3D Printing
Website astroprint.com

AstroPrint is a free, open, cloud platform, and application marketplace designed for consumer 3D printing by 3DaGoGo Inc., a private San Diego based technology company.

AstroPrint develops software to enable the management of 3D printing from any web enabled device.[1][2]

AstroPrint displayed on a variety of web-enabled devices

AstroPrint works by taking a user's uploaded STL file, adding supports, slicing it, and saving the g-code in the user's account online. The user can then access, download, modify, and print their models wirelessly via their 3D printer.[3] AstroPrint is built with a combination of 3D printing software, such as Cura, Repetier Host, Slic3r, and OctoPrint.[4]

AstroPrint interface on a tablet while monitoring printer temperatures

AstroPrint also allows users to remotely monitor their 3D Printer in real time.[5]

Remotely monitoring a 3D Printer in real time from a phone

AstroPrint is compatible with most consumer 3D printers[6] and its open source software can be run on a Raspberry Pi.

Background

In May 2014, while part of the Betaspring seed accelerator,[7] AstroPrint successfully raised $40,314 and met their funding goal in a single day using the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. Subsequently, AstroPrint attended and graduated from the 500 Startups[8] seed accelerator in Mountain View, CA.

AstroPrint maintains partnerships with National Institutes of Health,[4][9] 3D Hubs,[10] i.materialise[11] and 3D Slash.[12][13]

3D printer manufacturer Airwolf 3D ships 3D Printers with AstroPrint software integrated.[14][15]

Investors of AstroPrint include Dave McClure, Will Bunker, Dave Hodson (Co-Founder & CTO of MessageCast Inc.[16]) and Christine Tsai.

Media coverage

On May 18, 2015, AstroPrint won the Editors Choice award by Maker Faire & Make Magazine.[17]

On July 27, 2015, San Diego Business Journal wrote that AstroPrint was instrumental in enabling Dr. Peter Manning at the National Institutes of Health in printing 3-dimensional models of a two-year-old boy's heart and the network of vessels that caused his breathing problems. AstroPrint reduced the hundreds of settings usually required by 3D printers to three.[18]

Tech Cocktail named AstroPrint under 3D Printing for "The Top 5 Technologies VCs Will Fund in 2015".[19]

On January 5, 2016, AstroPrint unveiled a joint project with $3 billion technology giant Marvell at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The project involved the designing of a consumer friendly 3D Printer containing embedded software by AstroPrint using the Kinoma platform.[20] According to journalists and media personnel, the printer was only accessible on an invite only basis in a private ballroom within CES.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Freeman, Mike (2015-03-21). "San Diego start-up targets 3-D printing" (2015-03-21). Union Tribune. San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Russell, Kyle. "AstroPrint's Cloud Platform Lets You Manage 3D Printing From Anywhere". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "What is AstroPrint?". National Institutes of Health. National Institutes of Health. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 Tyrwhitt-Drake, James (2015-05-28). "New Features to Improve Printability". NIH 3D Print Exchange. National Institutes of Health. Archived from the original on 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
  5. ↑ Millsaps, Bridget. "AstroPrint Platform to Begin Live Video Streaming—Watch Your 3D Printer from Anywhere!". 3dprint.com. 3D Print. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Grunewald, Scott. "AstroPrint Adds Support for MakerBot and other SailFish Based 3D Printers". 3D Print. 3D Print. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "AstroPrint: Making Wireless & Remote 3D Printing a Reality!". Betaspring. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "500 Startups Announces Batch 11". 500 Startups. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "AstroPrint streamlines medical model preparation for the NIH 3D Print Exchange". Open Biomedical. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  10. ↑ Millsaps, Bridget. "3D Hubs Lavishes Five New Perks on Users with Discounted 3D Printing Materials, Software, & More". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "AstroPrint Partners with i.materialise & More". 3D Print. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  12. ↑ Edwards, Te. "AstroPrint and 3D Slash Sign Collaborative Pact". 3D Print. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "ASTROPRINT INTEGRATES THE 3D SLASH APP". EvoNexus. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "AirWolf 3D" (PDF). AirWolf3D.com. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  15. ↑ KRASSENSTEIN, BRIAN. "Airwolf 3D Unveils New HD-R 3D Printer, Announces Deal with 3DaGoGo". 3D Print. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "MSN Acquires MessageCast to Expand Automated Alerting Services". Microsoft. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "Obrary and AstroPrint Win Editor's Choice Ribbons at Maker Faire". EvoNexus. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  18. ↑ Meiling, Brittany (2015-07-27). "Software Simplifies 3-D Printing". San Diego Business Journal.
  19. ↑ McCulley, Gavin. "The Top 5 Technologies VCs Will Fund in 2015". Tech Cocktail. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  20. ↑ Hoddie, Peter. "AstroPrint's 3D Printer Development with KinomaJS". Kinoma. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

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