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DEFCAD, Inc
Company typePrivate
IndustryInternet, 3D Printing
FoundedAustin, TX (2013)
FounderCody Wilson
HeadquartersAustin, TX
ProductsSee "Products and Solutions"
Websitedefcad.com

DEFCAD, Inc. is an Austin-based startup that has created a search engine and web portal for designers and hobbyists to find and develop 3D printable and other CAD models online launched by Defense Distributed.

History

Founding

When Makerbot Industries' removed firearms-related 3D Printable files at the public repository Thingiverse in December 2012,[1][2][3] the open source software firm Defense Distributed launched DEFCAD as a companion site to publicly host the removed files and its own.[4][5][6] Public and community submissions to DEFCAD rose quickly,[7] and in March 2013, at the SXSW Interactive festival, Cody Wilson announced a repurposed and expanded site and company that would serve as a 3D search engine and development hub.[8][9][10]

DEFCAD has been called "The Pirate Bay of 3D Printing"[11] and "the anti-Makerbot".[10]

Products and Solutions

Community

DEFCAD began as a respository where users could upload and download CAD models, but quickly became a community with the addition of an IRC channel and public forums. The site has over 2,500 community users and offers access to over 100,000 models.[12]

In August 2013, DEFCAD released the public alpha of its 3D search engine which indexes public object repositories and allows users to add their own objects.

See also

References

  1. ^ Maly, Tim (December 19, 2012). "Thingiverse Removes (Most) Printable Gun Parts". Wired. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  2. ^ "MakerBot pulls 3D gun-parts blueprints after Sandy Hook". BBC News. December 20, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  3. ^ Pepitone, Julianne (December 20, 2012). "3-D printer MakerBot cracks down on blueprints for gun parts". CNN Money. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  4. ^ Limer, Eric (December 21, 2012). "There's a New Site Just for 3D-Printed Gun Designs". Gizmodo. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  5. ^ Bilton, Ricardo (December 21, 2012). "Fighting 'censorship,' 3D-printed gun designs find a new home". VentureBeat. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  6. ^ Robertson, Adi (December 21, 2012). "3D printed gun enthusiasts build site for firearm files after MakerBot crackdown". The Verge. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  7. ^ Bilton, Ricardo (August 3, 2013). "3D-printing gun site DEFCAD now attracting 3K visitors an hour, 250K downloads since launch". VentureBeat. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  8. ^ Greenberg, Andy (March 11, 2013). "3D-Printable Gun Project Announces Plans For A For-Profit Search Engine Startup". Forbes Online. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  9. ^ Farivar, Cyrus (March 11, 2013). "3D printing gunmaker forms company to flout copyright law, à la the Pirate Bay". Ars Technica. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  10. ^ a b Bilton, Ricardo (March 11, 2013). "Expanding beyond 3D printed guns, DEFCAD is officially the anti-MakerBot". VentureBeat. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  11. ^ "'Pirate Bay' for 3D printing launched". BBC News. March 12, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  12. ^ "DEFCAD Forums". August 3, 2013.
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