Priority 24 get your 3D prints quicker
Faster 3D prints anyone? We’ve just launched Priority 24. Priority 24 is a way for you to get your 3D prints quicker. With this option we will 3D print your design within 24 hours. When you get it depends on where you live. If you order before 12:00 CET on a Monday we will produce it within 24 hours and ship it Tuesday. If you’re in the UK, Belgium, France, Netherlands and Germany your order should be delivered on Wednesday. If you’re in a US major city you should also get it on Wednesday also. Major Asian cities will get their orders on Thursday.
- To use this service choose the Polyamide Priority material when uploading.
- You can order models up to 100 by 100 by 100mm.
- Priority makes your order 30% more expensive.
- If you miss the 12:00 CET deadline it will arrive one day later.
- If there is an issue with your model that we have to fix or come back to you with questions about, it will also take at least one day more.
- Customs hold ups or shipping delays might delay the ar
The Craziest 3D Printed Scale Model in the World
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Free shipping on orders above $99
We”ve looked at the results of our free shipping experiment over the past few weeks. The results were very encouraging and lead to an increase of orders from faraway places. In light of this we”re now offering you free shipping on any and all orders that are more than $99 or 99 Euro depending on which currency you pay us in. We like the fact that we can make it cheaper for you to order from us and can now get your goods, concept models, lamps, book ends and all the other awesomeness for less. We hope this encourages you to make more things with us and let more of your creations to stream in for us to make.
We know that many people would like to also have free shipping on orders below $99. At the moment we”re not ready to do this. There is a lot of handling involved with small parts and this drives up their cost and overal costs. It will be easier for us to control costs and lower overal prices in the long term if we concentrate on stimulating you to make larger pieces. In
The Periodic Table of Materials
At the same time, we put a lot of effort into making detailed information pages about each material. This should help you find the material that best suits your needs as a designer or inventor.
So, we’ve described all the materials, made some sample pictures, collected information about coloring options, thought about the typical use of a certain material, and created videos about different 3D printing technologies. For steel and titanium we wrote design guides to get you on the right track. And we did even more, but we”d rather let you discover that for yourself.
Learning about mater
First World War Soldier identified using 3D Printing
A team of researchers from Canada”s Directorate of History and Heritage have managed to identify the remains of a First World Soldier. The team used forensic anthropology, facial reconstruction, isotopic analysis and…3D printing to identify the fallen soldier.
Canadian private Thomas Lawless was killed on June 8th 1917. His body, along with a comrade, was discovered in 2003 on a construction site. The comrade could be identified using DNA testing but the team were unable to find a  mitochondrial DNA sample to compare Private Lawless” DNA to.
The initial scan of the remains. Image credit Steve Kruithof.
“The identification team created 3D computer models of Lawless”s skull, derived from CT scan data of several large skull fragments, in order to narrow the list of possible matches for the remains. Physical models of the skull were produced using a Z Corporation 3D printer (..). Using muscle markings on the skull model, scientific tissue-depth tables and plastili
Opening the Pandora’s Box that is 3D Printing
Its great to see that the world is catching on the the potential of 3D printing. It is a transformational technology that will speed up innovation & democratize technology. It has the potential to make almost every single product in our world better either by speeding up product & development or by producing things that fit tasks better. You will be able to make what you want exactly as you want it to be. We will be able to personalize, customize and design our world. Implants, medical instruments and replacement parts of our bodies will be created.
Products will be improved literally, continually, globally by loose networks of people collaborating at speeds we can scarcely imagine. By combining the connectivity of the internet and its creative force with decentralized production the variety of things optimized for a certain task will explode. Every niche will be filled, layer by layer. Not only will innovation be democratized it will be near instantaneous. As soon as an idea ha
Improvements to customer service and feedback
Hi all I”m Karen,
I”m in charge of making sure that we help you in any way we can in getting your idea 3D printed. Together with the launch of the new website we have also improved our support pages. We hope that this lets us capture more feedback, ideas and suggestions from you and that we can translate this into better service. Our aim is to give you the best customer service possible while making it easier and easier for you to 3D print.
 We also want to share knowledge so you can post your questions, idea, problem,…here using Get Satisfaction.
Off course we understand that in sometimes you want personal advice in this case, you can ask it privately using Get Satisfaction or email us. If you have a question about a file or would like our help in fixing files you can email contact (at) i.materialise.com. In most cases we can fix your files and get them ready to 3D print. Do first try to upload your file though our algorithms can fix a lot automatically!
We w
Fluid Forms & i.materialise partnership announced
We”re pleased to announce our partnership with Fluid Forms. Fluid Forms is an Austrian team of designers that have been working on creative design tools since 2005. Their tools are fun ways that let you customize and individualize your own designs. Using Fluid Forms you can for example virtually box your own lamp design or get your own personalized wall clock based on an overhead view of streets of your choice.
We”re very happy to be able to work with such an experienced design team. Fluid Forms makes personalization not only easy but also fun. With their creative and enganging online tools and our 3D printing expertise we hope to be able to offer you many great personalized products in the future. For us this is yet another important step in seeking out the best design talent we can and working with them to help them create and promote their work.
We will be handling the production of three great Fluid Forms designs the Silver Earth Cufflinks, the Silver Earth Pin and t
i.materialise site redesign
Today we launched the first version of our new site. In the coming weeks more updates will follow. We”ve updated the look and feel of the site and hope you like the results. The most important thing is that we”re going to give your stories and your designs a much more central place in the website. We want to emphasize that we as a company are a factory for your ideas. Your creativity as a designer, inventor or artist coupled with our 3D printing prowess leads to the expression of your idea in an object. This object could be a keepsake, a Design Academy graduation project, an invention, a jewel, an art piece or a product meant for sale. For each object we will use all our skill, years of experience and equipment to create the most accurate representation of your idea that we can. We will treat each file and each 3D printed object with care and take the time to give you the advice you need. And to show the world what your idea and design skill and our manufacturing leads to
This week in 3D printing: March 5th to March 11th
March 7th. EADS” Innovation Center 3D prints a bicycle in SLS and gets to show it on the BBC.
March 8th. TCT Magazine takes exception at much of the mainstream media”s coverage of 3D printing.
March 10th. Shapeways reintroduces Silver, Bruce Sterling promptly reproduces the entire press release on his blog.
March 11th. The Open3DP lab 3D prints in bone.
March 11th. Investor blog Seeking Alpha goes gaga over 3D printing.
