3D Printing Technologies: Laser Sintering
Contrary to popular belief, there’s not a one-size-fits-all approach to 3D printing. Although we offer 17 different materials and over 90 possible color and finish combinations, it takes us several different technologies to get the job done. In general, 3D printing technologies can be split up into two groups: direct and indirect 3D printing. The main difference lies in the fact that the design is made from 3D printing (direct) or 3D printing was used in the process of creating your model (indirect). In this article, we’ll dive into laser sintering, by far one of the most popular 3D printing technologies, and an example of a direct 3D printing technique. (more…)
3D Printing Technologies: Fused Deposition Modeling
Contrary to popular belief, there’s not a one-size-fits-all approach to 3D printing. Although we offer 17 different materials and over 90 possible color and finish combinations, it often takes us several different technologies to get the job done. In general, 3D printing technologies can be split up into 2 groups: direct and indirect 3D printing. The main difference lies in the fact that the design is made from 3D printing (direct) or 3D printing was used in the process of creating your model (indirect). Let’s move on with the third part of this series with fused deposition modeling, probably the most adopted 3D printing technology around and an example of a direct 3D printing technique.
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Tutorial: How to Paint a Gray Resin Scale Model
Guido Mandorf is a German designer that makes wonderful scale models of trams. He designs them in SketchUp, mostly prints them in Gray Resin and always finishes them with a beautiful paint job. If you ever wondered how he gets such nice results, Guido was so kind to describe his workflow and the tools and paints he uses in an illustrated tutorial.
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The Ju 388 Project: Restoring the Cockpit of a Rare Warbird from Scratch
Dr. Christoph Vernaleken, a physicist from Germany with a doctorate in engineering, has been an aviation enthusiast all his life. Ever since the early 1980s, he’s been fascinated with historic aircrafts after his father took him to visit the ‘Deutsches Museum’ in Munich, the world’s largest museum of science and technology. Now he wants to reproduce the cockpit of a rare WWII warbird himself – with the power of 3D printing. (more…)
Running a Professional Design Studio: Meet 3D Designer Vijay Paul
Running the professional design studio Dot San, every day Vijay Paul brings the fantastic ideas of his clients to life, no matter how creative. With a proven track record of delivering problem free complex 3D files for printing, this is the product designer you’ve been looking for. Over the past 10 years Vijay has built an international reputation with Dot San for delivering great client service and satisfaction – reason enough for us to talk with him about his inspiration, the ambition of professional 3D modelers, and the added value of 3D printed products.
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Blender Tutorial: Creating a Chess Piece for 3D Printing
Learn to model for 3D printing with this beginner-friendly Blender tutorial: creating a realistic looking chess piece can seem like a simple task but it poses a few fun challenges that can be tackled with basic Blender techniques. CG Cookie’s Blender expert Jonathan Williamson will show you what you need to know when creating a simple model and getting it ready for print. He’ll show you how to create a 3D model and use Blender for 3D printing in an interactive video tutorial.
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3D Printing Technologies: ColorJet Printing with ZCorp
Contrary to popular belief, there’s not a one-size-fits-all approach to 3D printing. Although we offer 17 different materials and over 90 possible color and finish combinations, it takes us several different technologies to get the job done. In general, 3D printing technologies can be split up into 2 groups: direct and indirect 3D printing. The main difference lies in the fact that the design is made from 3D printing (direct) or 3D printing was used in the process of creating your model (indirect). Let’s move on with already the fourth part of this series with ColorJet, probably the most colorful 3D printing technology around and an example of a direct 3D printing technique.
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The 2015 Materialise World Conference: 3D Printing Brought to You
Join us to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Materialise at the World Conference on April 24-25, 2015 in Brussels and Leuven! Come to hear inspiring speakers who will illustrate how 3D printing services and solutions can add value in the realm of 3D printing consumer products. And don’t miss our workshops to see designing in action as our top-notch experts guide you through a creation experience.
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Best Wishes for 2015!
2014 was again a great year for 3D printing, but let’s make 2015 an even greater year! Thank you all for contributing to this wonderful experience.
And to celebrate the New Year, we offer you the following discount: if you order between January 1st and January 15th 2015, you will receive a 15% discount, valid for 15 days, on another upcoming purchase.
Happy to serve you in the New Year!
The i.materialise Team
Place an Order over 250€ and Get a Free Ceramics Candle Holder!
We couldn’t agree more when we hear Andy Williams singing ‘It’s the most wonderful time of the year’. The Holiday season has arrived and it’s the perfect time to hand out free 3D printed gifts.
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