{"id":4129,"date":"2017-11-12T15:01:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T20:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/?p=4129"},"modified":"2022-01-05T18:15:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T23:15:10","slug":"minecraft-printed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/?p=4129","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft, Printed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/?p=1177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minecraft <\/a>is pretty much Virtual Reality&#8217;s take on LEGO. Build whatever you want, in 1m x 1m x 1m cubes. In Creative Mode, at least, resources are unlimited and the world is large enough that it might as well be infinite, at least in the four cardinal directions.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fun world for building whatever you want. And with a few conversion tools, you can bring what you build in Minecraft into the physical world. The process is still somewhat experimental, especially with single-material 3D printers, but it works.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4130\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-11-12-11.45.31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4130\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-11-12-11.45.31-1024x928.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-11-12-11.45.31-1024x928.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-11-12-11.45.31-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-11-12-11.45.31-768x696.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 2nd-level Menger Sponge, made in Minecraft.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download and install\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realtimerendering.com\/erich\/minecraft\/public\/mineways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mineways<\/a>\u00a0(it&#8217;s a portable app.)<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll need the Java Edition of Minecraft &#8212; the Windows 10 Edition seems to use a different world format that Mineways doesn&#8217;t understand.<\/li>\n<li>Create whatever you want to print in Minecraft. It may be easiest to start in Creative Mode in a Superflat world. Then again, Normal worlds do look more natural.<\/li>\n<li>Move your avatar to a recognizable point near your creation.<\/li>\n<li>Save and exit your Minecraft world (you don&#8217;t have to exit the game.)<\/li>\n<li>Open Mineways and import your world.<\/li>\n<li>Press F3 to Jump to Player.<\/li>\n<li>Locate your object or objects to be printed (you can drag the view around with the mouse and zoom with the Page Up \/ Page Down buttons)<\/li>\n<li>Right-drag to select a rectangle containing what you want to print.<\/li>\n<li>Press Ctrl-P and fill in the options you want.<\/li>\n<li>Mineways will export your slice of Minecraft as an .stl file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember that not everything that you can make in Minecraft can necessarily be printed. (After all, we&#8217;re talking about a world where rock can float in midair.) Remember not to make large overhangs past 45 degrees, or you&#8217;ll need to include support material.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4133\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-11-12-13.38.26a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4133\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-11-12-13.38.26a-1024x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-11-12-13.38.26a-1024x321.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-11-12-13.38.26a-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-11-12-13.38.26a-768x241.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A village as seen in Minecraft and (poorly) printed in PLA. (Click for larger.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Happy &#8216;crafting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use your 3D printer to bring your Minecraft creations into the real world. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/?p=4129\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[503,306,230,226,555,225,518],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-design","category-games","category-how-to","category-minecraft","category-toys","category-virtual-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4129"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4135,"href":"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129\/revisions\/4135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paleotechnologist.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}