But here is the problem with Thingiverse: even if you would like to get away from using this Makerbot service, it’s still the largest collection of 3D printed objects on the Internet.

A recent thread on the 3D printing subreddit discussed an ongoing project to scrape Thingiverse for metadata and models specifically so the community could use it to jumpstart a new website.

OpenSCAD is a great way to create objects for 3D printing (or other purposes ... However, if you host your design on Thingiverse (and I’ll sidestep the political problems that always crop ...