Featured Friday – Showing your 3D printed designs
Nice designs made by you and 3D printed at the highest quality. Keep on amazing us!
Boxing Nature Ring by Mark Heuvelman.
3D printed in sterling silver
The Cable Car from the movie Where Eagles Dare in 1/72 scale by Sven-Åke Grufstedt.
3D printed in prime gray and beautifully painted! From what I’ve been told, probably the best 3D printing material out there for scale models.
A great connector piece for a wooden lamp stand by Benedikt Gnadt.
3D printed in polyamide
Featured Friday – Showing your 3D printed designs
Here are a few of your nice designs to kick off the weekend!
PEPITA Collection by Dario Scapitta
3D printed in sterling silver
Seyo 001 (graffiti art) by Simon Potter
3D printed in polyamide
Virtual Florist Vitrine by Mario Minale
3D printed in polyamide
Garada 7, a replica of one of the most mystical and rare toys from Japan by Mike de Coninck
3D printed in paintable resin
Non Singular Knot – Math Art by Dizingof
3D printed in stainless steel
A very full caterpillar by Steve Patterson, winner of the Digital Tutors challenge
3D printed in multicolor
Featured Friday – Showing your 3D printed designs
Because we’re continuously seeing more and more nice designs being printed, we just have to feature them on our blog. A warm welcome to ‘Featured Friday’ where we’ll post some of your designs that caught our attention. A great start to get noticed, is to begin uploading your design(s) to the gallery with some nice photos. Enjoy the following designs and have a wonderful weekend!
Biomimicry shoe by Marieka Ratsma, in cooperation with Kostika Spaho
Photography Thomas van Schaik
3D printed in polyamide by i.materialise
Beautiful Japanese tea ring by Flavio Bellantuono
3D printed in sterling silver
Reflection by Cynthia Aldershof
3D printed in polyamide
Ohio Electric interurban freight trailer by Volkmar Meier3D printed in prime gray
Pirate Mouse and Dragon Treasure Wedding Cake Topper by Marty Hon
3D printed in polyamide
Aislin by Yarrid Henrard
3D printed in prime gray
Fiona gift box set by Mark Bloomfield
3D printed in polyami
Finish it!
The surface of a 3D printed model is determined by the material and the technology. It will define the look and feel of your printed design.
Most technologies print your model layer by layer. The goal of post-finishing is to reduce evidence of these layers as much as possible, without damaging the geometry of your model. However, the difference in surfaces can be seen when the natural surface option is chosen – for example, a powder based model will be rougher than a resin based model.
So what can you do with your model after it’s printed? Well, we already have a wide range of post-finishing options available but a lot of times, our designers create their own magic. Welcome in the world of polishing, dyeing, painting, and so much more. Don’t consider these pages to be omniscient but will add more and more information as time goes by.
Check them out here:
http://i.materialise.com/materials/finishing
Tinkercad Father Day’s challenge winner
About 2 weeks ago we announced the winner of the Father’s Day Challenge hosted by Tinkercad. Sam McCulloch’s Vulcan Bomber was voted as the number 1 design. Not only was his Dad very happy with the 3D printed gift, he also did a nice job on painting the model.
But there’s more to it. Sam’s Dad, David McCulloch is a volunteer at the XM655 maintenance and preservation society. He’s been a lifelong fan of aircrafts, got his pilot license at the age of 17, and works closely with the Oxford 150 Squadron Air Cadets.
As Father’s day 2012 coincided perfectly with an annual event called “Wings and Wheels”, the real Vulcan Bomber did some taxi runs, engine blasts, and was available for the public to examine.
Being a volunteer, David McCulloch dedicates a lot of time to the restoration project. It also seems they’re actively looking to continue to raise funds of ongoing restoration costs. So, all you aviation enthusiasts out there get in touch!
Tinkercad is the easiest way to do and l
Makies: The doll you designed made real
Today is a big day for making-pioneers toy-lovers and 3D printing enthusiasts: MAKIES Alpha is live!
MakieLab founder Alice Taylor left her job at Channel 4 to pursue her start up dream. One or two years ago, she came to visit us, talked about her start up, and printed some prototypes. And now that dream has become reality!
MakieLab has been working hard to give you features like cloth customisation, achievements, hundreds of new items and outfits… It seems there are 100 Alpha Edition MAKIES up for grabs and the shop is now open. Start creating the first batch of 3D printed action dolls EVER to be made. A MAKIE of 10” high, 3D printed, big-eyed will cost you £99 inc VAT.
So get your asses off to http://makie.me and follow them on Twitter through @makielab. And of course, congratulations Alice for pulling this off!
Father’s Day 3D Challenge
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, we’re already preparing for Father’s Day. So, we’ve teamed up with our friends at Tinkercad for the “Thanks, Dad 3D Challenge!”
From now until Friday, June 1st at 12 midnight P.T., create a design on Tinkercad for Father’s Day, take a screenshot of it and upload it on their Facebook challenge page along with a link to your design posted in the caption.
One winner will be selected from the top 5 designs with the most votes. The winner will receive a 3D print of their design in time for Father’s Day on June 17th AND a voucher for 100€ in 3D printing.
And because every dad is special, we’ve decided to give each person who enters the challenge a promo code good for a 15% discount on a 3D printout. Oh yeah!
Here are a few rules to get you started:
- Only one entry per person, please.
- Your design must be your own creation and not a re-tinker.
- Something about dad should be included in your design. “Best Dad!” “My Hero!” “I
Using i.materialise to 3D print a metal object
Christopher Barnatt (www.explainingthefuture.com) is a futurist, author, videographer, and Associate Professor of Computing and Future Studies in Nottingham University Business School. We recently stumbled upon one of his videos where he talked about using i.materialise to 3D print a metal object.
In the video you’ll see how Christopher models a carbon nanotube in Lightwave 3D and uploads it on i.materialise. He shows the ordering process and the unboxing of the model when it arrives. Whether you’re new at all of this or not, we think it’s a great video that shows how easy an online 3D printing service can be. Christopher Barnatt definitely knows how to explain the future!
After finishing the video, he discovered how easy it was to create a designer page and offer the carbon nanotube for sale in our gallery.
TEDxLeuven – Wilfried Vancraen
On March 29th, Wilfried Vancraen (CEO Materialise), took the stage at TEDxLeuven. He showed how 3D printing is not only reshaping how things are made, but also our way of life. In this video, this 3D printing pioneer shares his insights on how this rapidly expanding technology has the power, not to become a future form of mass consumption, but to create a better quality of life on a grand scale. Enjoy the movie!
3DTin design challenge
Okay, we’re running a design challenge with 3DTin during the following 4 weeks. Before we get started and to get everyone up to speed, here’s a small recap on 3DTin:
3DTin lets anyone make anything simply because it’s easy and intuitive to use. It simply runs in the browser (though it has to be up to date, as it uses something called Web GL), is free to use and requires no experience in 3D design. All you need is the will and imagination to explore the 3D world. 3DTin lets you save and share the designs (which are called ‘sketches’) you make. The tool also lets you export your files for 3D printing.
“We are running out of excuses to not build something.” – Jayesh Salvi (Founder 3DTin)
So, how does the challenge work? Easy, design as many awesome models on 3DTin as possible during the month of May. Everyone who makes sketches during this time automatically enters the challenge. Both 3DTin and i.materialise will rate your sketches. The total ratings of all your sketches
