Skyline – Your GitHub story in 3D • Hacker News Board

Re: Skyline – Your GitHub story in 3D

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 4:49 PM UTC

alexellisuk wrote: post #2

Here's a 3D-printed steel version of mine, that I was sent by GitHub - https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1362363460688961536?s... And the flat version - https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1362369733052551168?s...

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Re: Skyline – Your GitHub story in 3D

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Post by 120bits » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 4:51 PM UTC

Nicely done! I have been trying to learn Threejs and WebGL. I was really impressed with the github globe[1] and wanted to do something like that for my company.

[1]https://github.com/home

Re: Skyline – Your GitHub story in 3D

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Post by SamBam » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 4:51 PM UTC

alexellisuk wrote: post #2

Here's a 3D-printed steel version of mine, that I was sent by GitHub - https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1362363460688961536?s... And the flat version - https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1362369733052551168?s...

Randomly wondering why they went for 3d steel printing for something that looks like it can be carved much more easily by a very simple 2-axis CNC, since it has no overhangs or anything.

Re: Skyline – Your GitHub story in 3D

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Post by Budabellly » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

Awesome. Loving the recent proliferation in web 3D. Q for folks at GH -- is this vanilla three.js? Looks like Babylon in dev tools. You guys should consider using react-three-fiber!

Also nice little easter egg in the developer console :)

Re: Skyline – Your GitHub story in 3D

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

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Re: Skyline – Your GitHub story in 3D

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Post by arondeparon » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 5:02 PM UTC

Is it open source?

Re: Skyline – Your GitHub story in 3D

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Post by martinwoodward » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 5:03 PM UTC

Budabellly wrote: post #14

Awesome. Loving the recent proliferation in web 3D. Q for folks at GH -- is this vanilla three.js? Looks like Babylon in dev tools. You guys should consider using react-three-fiber! Also nice little easter egg in the developer console :)

Originally coded up the prototype in three.js but main site was done in Babylon for the extra sparkles and awesomeness.

Just a bit of a play project some folks here did, but glad folks found it and have been enjoying it.

Re: Skyline – Your GitHub story in 3D

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Post by jakear » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 5:05 PM UTC

SamBam wrote: post #13

alexellisuk wrote: post #2

Here's a 3D-printed steel version of mine, that I was sent by GitHub - https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1362363460688961536?s... And the flat version - https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1362369733052551168?s...

Randomly wondering why they went for 3d steel printing for something that looks like it can be carved much more easily by a very simple 2-axis CNC, since it has no overhangs or anything.

I believe that would not be able to get clean inner corners, though I could be wrong.

Re: Skyline – Your GitHub story in 3D

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Post by medmunds » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 5:05 PM UTC

nynx wrote: post #7

I love the music and theme here. Kind of vapor/synthwave

Music credited in the FAQ: DET https://soundcloud.com/detmusic

Re: Skyline – Your GitHub story in 3D

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Post by martinwoodward » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 5:06 PM UTC

SamBam wrote: post #13

alexellisuk wrote: post #2

Here's a 3D-printed steel version of mine, that I was sent by GitHub - https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1362363460688961536?s... And the flat version - https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1362369733052551168?s...

Randomly wondering why they went for 3d steel printing for something that looks like it can be carved much more easily by a very simple 2-axis CNC, since it has no overhangs or anything.

We are using Shapeways.com to turn them into metal for us and it was the option they had. Haven't tried getting it CNC'd but thinking we might need to change the model up a bit to allow the tool to get into some of the gaps that are possible. If anyone wants to try with a CNC machine then love to know what the results are like