Naval Additive Manufacturing X3D Model Exchange: Preliminary Operational Capability
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Authors
Brutzman, Donald P.
Rockower, Ed
Bailey, Mike
Law, Rebecca
Subjects
3D printing
additive manufacturing
community
digital thread
X3D graphics
Web3D
additive manufacturing
community
digital thread
X3D graphics
Web3D
Advisors
Date of Issue
2018-04
Date
Presented April 10-12, 2018
Period of Performance: 10/1/2017 - 9/30/2018
Period of Performance: 10/1/2017 - 9/30/2018
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Project Summary: The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has applied and integrated a wide range of open-source open- standards capabilities to support Navy and Marine Makers who are learning and applying three- dimensional (3D) printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM). Building on the work of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 3D Print Exchange (3dprint.nih.gov), the Extensible 3D Graphics International Standard (X3D) Model Exchange (ModelExchange.nps.edu) enables Navy and Marine Makers to learn how to find, share, produce, and print 3D models that impact the future of Navy and Marine operations. Whereas the NIH site is built using Drupal 7 with a "pipeline" for processing uploaded models, the Navy's X3D Model Exchange is developed with the latest version of the Drupal 8 Content Management System (CMS). This public-facing portal leverages the highly evolved NPS version-control repository (GitLab.nps.edu/ModelExchangeGroup) using best practices for Agile-software Development Operations (DevOps) progress to encourage broad partnerships and re-use. Security requirements are met through account management and Common Access Card (CAC) authentication of users. Version control ensures that all changes and incremental improvements are trackable, repeatable and fixable (if ever needed). Access control for administrators, developers, makers and the public ensures that models remain uncorrupted and only available to the appropriate community of users. This project reports on follow-on continuation of the design phase performed by preceding Naval Research Program (NRP) project NPS-17-N244-A.
Type
Report
Description
NPS NRP Executive Summary
Series/Report No
Department
Organization
Naval Research Program
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-18-N380-A
Sponsors
OPNAV N415
USMC
NAVFAC
EXWC
OPNAV N415
USMC
NAVFAC
EXWC
OPNAV N415
Funder
NPS-18-N380-A
Format
6 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.