This tutorial will guide you through every platform available, that allow converting your files to stl format. But always bear in mind that you can only export 3D solid objects to stl format. AutoCAD At the command prompt type “FACETRES” Set FACETRES to 10 Type “STLOUT” Select the objects Enter Y or hit Enter [...]
How many times have you wondered about the price of a design you would like to print and own? PlanFAB and its new calculator, now give you the ability to calculate the exact cost, material and time of production in a few clicks. This tutorial will guide you through the calculator’s properties. Step 1 Everything [...]
The war in Sudan is one of the longest and bloodiest Africa has ever known counting numberless casualties and amputees. Daniel Omar was a 14-year-old Sudanese boy, when a bomb took his arms. The article about Daniel in Time magazine inspired Ebeling to assemble a team capable of creating a low-cost, 3D printed prosthetic, on [...]
Introduction Full Color Sandstone (FCS) is the only material able to build full color 3d models. This material is perfect for visualization and applications that need detailed and colorful representation such as figurines, life-like models, avatars, architectural models and many more. How does it work? FCS printers work layer by layer, spreading, on its pass, [...]
A simple and elegant custom chess set Think of this way. You are at home, you want something, you print it and there is nearly no limit to what you can make. 3D printing is bypassing the traditional steps of design and production, as it allows complex objects to be created in a [...]
Derby the dog was born with a congenital deformity resulting in small forearms and no front paws, but thanks to 3D Print Systems the dog can now walk and run with his front leg prosthetics. Tara Anderson, director of product management at 3D Print systems, envisioned this idea in order to help Derby. Tara along [...]
3D printing technology is being used in many fields but is it a transportation technology? The London-based designer Omer Sagiv refutes those who say no, with his latest design: the Luna 3D printed bicycle that has been accomplished featuring a large variety of 3D printed parts. The artistic framework, for instance, has been 3D printed [...]
Francis Bitonti's 3D Print Dress creates a new future, where everyone can print customised clothes. Along with his workshop students, Francis Bitonti, fabricated a couture dress design, that is available for free download at Thingverse.com, with detailed instructions on how to adapt it to your specific tastes. The creation of the dress required numerous techniques, [...]
The Second International Conference and Exhibition “Facing the Future on Architecture” in Belgrade, Serbia hosted the work of architecture students from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. PLANFAB printed most of their models! Check them out.. Arsenios Zachariadis, decided to go with Polyamide powder in order to achieve a good result, since his model was very [...]
Parametrix and its owner/creator Josh Goldstein have created an algorithmic script to create 3d printable replicas of the skyline of Denver, Colorado. Parametric scripting is really useful for designers and architects because it allows them to create complex 3d models with minimum input. Most of the times the designer just changes a bunch of numbers [...]
