Description
a farewell present for Max (first person of the second row on the left). It was created by using the function 'Create from Bitmap' of our software Magics©. It creates a 2.5D model by converting the grey scales of a picture into thickness. Putting a light behind the 3D printed model magically shows the picture again. It took about 10 seconds to create the model. The model was printed in Polyamide. To see the details, try the sketchfab view.
Wim Verstraeten
Consider me a battle scarred veteran in the field of the online ordering of 3d printed models. I date back from the era where Materialise was the only firm to have an online 3D printing service with its NextDay service which was started in 1997. I can't say that I'm a designer, but I occasionally draw in 3D.