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3DaGoGo released a new feature on their website: Communities.

From the press release:

3D printing website, 3DaGoGo, has launched their new ‘Communities’ feature to help the growing number of 3D printing designers network, engage, and create communal storefronts for their designs.

With over 59.2 million 3D printer design downloads estimated for 2014, 3D printing has not only amassed tremendous consumer interest, but also triggered a considerable number of professional and career 3D printing designers to emerge onto the scene.

The highlight of the ‘Communities’ feature on 3DaGoGo is the communal storefront. Any designer, or group of designers, can create a ‘Communities’ page and decide on the membership profile. They will then be able to upload and manage a communal storefront where all the members’ designs are showcased in one location.

This communal storefront will automatically populate from the designs in each of the members’ storefronts. Other features such as the ability to select which designs to showcase, highlight featured designs, and set up forums are in the process of being developed and will be added later this year.

https://www.3dagogo.com/communities/learnmore


Here is the full company press release:

http://blog.3dagogo.com/announcements/new-3dagogo-communities-feature-encourages-designers-network-engage-create-communal-storefronts/

You can also apply to become 3DaGoGo beta designer and participate in a contest:

https://www.3dagogo.com/contests

https://www.3dagogo.com/invites/request

Sproutform is new community site for sharing of 3d models.

Here is what they say about themselves:

What is Sproutform?

Sproutform is a community for discovering and sharing great 3D printable designs. We're using a new approach and fresh ideas to move beyond printing desk toys and trinkets and enable the community to design, discover, and print objects that have a more substantial value in our lives. We believe 3D printing should work within the context of our own lives to enrich them by enabling the design and creation of accessories, addons, and customizations for the objects we use every day.

Why Sproutform?

• Community moderated designs enable you to find the best stuff to print.
• Discover the best designs for you. As you explore, rate, stash, and download designs, sproutform learns what you like and shows more of it.
• Share your designs with the community. Get karma. Make the front page.
• Host and share your designs here free of worry. Sproutform will never claim to own your designs or share them without giving credit to you.

http://sproutform.com/physibles

Cults in a new 3d models community marketplace based in France where you can buy, sell, download for free  and publish 3d models. It is great that the entire model publishing platforms are multiplying since it will bring more choice and variety for the end users.

http://en.cults3d.com/

ShapeDo is new community driven 3d model design and collaboration website. It has some powerful and interesting features.

Video of collaboration features inside ShapeDo:



http://www.shapedo.com/

Honeycomb is browser based sleek looking and free parametric CAD currently in beta. It looks much more usable than standard programmatic CAD.




http://honeycomb3d.com/

OpenBuilds is a community of sharing. Its goal is to make sharing open source builds as fun and easy as possible and it is the place to share open source builds, projects and ideas with like minded people.

The main competitive feature of 3dagogo marketplace they list is that the models are tested to give reliable 3d prints.

"An informal survey we conducted revealed that up to 70 percent of free 3D designs on the internet are severely flawed and would result in a failed print and wasted filament," said Drew Taylor, CEO and Co-Founder of 3Dagogo.

https://www.3dagogo.com/




































Update (5.2.2014):

they released a new feature: Communities:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/02/3dagogo-releases-communites-feature.html

Great idea! Web page that takes text input and generates 3d printable vertically standing braille signage file in Braille for the blind.
After short processing you will be able to download STL or X3D file for your printer.
There are few options and interface is in German but it is simple and Google translate can help.
I get a strange error when I load it but after refresh it works just fine.




























http://v01pe.github.io/Text2Braille3d/


Application in action:



Point of action: go find your local blind association or blind person and print them something they need

Here is another DIY project to help the visually impaired:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/07/via-visual-impairment-aid.html