Now Open in Shanghai: IndustrialRevolution.MGX
.MGX is excited to announce that an extensive selection of award-winning .MGX pieces is on display in China as part of the IndustrialRevolution.MGX exhibition at Shanghai’s celebrated 1933 building. The exhibition, which will last a period of 6 months, was created in response to the increasing interest in .MGX products in Asia, and will be the largest display of .MGX pieces ever shown in the region. The exhibition focuses on influential 3D creations, particularly pieces known for their power to inspire.
IndustrialRevolution.MGX
December 15, 2012 – June 15, 2013
1933 Shanghai
Room 1-214 (Materialise China)
No. 10 Shajing Road
Hongkou, Shanghai
P.R. China 200080
Below are some highlights of the opening that took place past saturday. More photos can be found on Flickr. And remember you can still buy most of these award-winning designs through the .MGX webshop.
MeshUp: Mashup for meshes
For those of you who ever wondered how to save the world from polygons, we may have found the answer at the recent 3D Printshow in London: MeshUp. Developed by a Norwegian company called Uformia, MeshUp wants to create the missing link between advanced 3D modeling features and easy modification by non-experienced 3D modelers.
“MeshUp is the first real volume modeler for meshes. We want to make life easier for 3D printing and for creators. At Uformia we envision a very different experience for users, where without effort, a creator can be sure that their models are always ready for 3D printing.”
At the 3D Printshow, Uformia offered free face scans. They could be used to effortlessly model and personalize a variety of template objects that are watertight and ready to print. For example, ‘Tor Kipper’, a coffee cup with real face scan data that we printed for Uformia in glossy white ceramics.
Features
- Mesh mixing: Create new objects by remixing any number of meshes and
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D Printed designs
The weekend has almost landed! That means it’s ‘Featured Friday’ again, giving you some of the 3D printed highlights of the week.
Guido Mandorf from Tramspotters blew us away this week with some amazing painted prime gray models. Without any doubt, this material is becoming the number 1 choice for model trains/trams/…
Luke Milkovic turned the flag of the Kingdom of Croatia in a beautiful (sandblasted) sterling silver ring.
Ornamart took or newest metal, high detailed stainless steel, to the test and printed some custom made needle knit knobs.
And finally, Xerocraft made a 3D scan of a clay sculpture and went for bronze.
That’s all for this week. Don’t forget to share your printed models in the ‘Unbox it!‘ section of the forum or add them to the gallery. Have a great weekend!
Featured Friday: the 3D Printshow special
Happy friday everyone! We hope you had a nice week, we certainly did. This weeks Featured Friday is dedicated to our designers who were present in any way at the 3D Printshow in London.
If their designs weren’t on display at our booth, you could find them in the Art Gallery, or admire them during the fashion show. A big thank you to – in no particular order – Michiel Cornelissen, Simon de Bakker, Jon Stam, Josh Henry, Monomer, Flavio Bellantuono, Kevin Wei, PeLiDesign, Samson Design Studio, Maddics, Vangelis et Dinos, Bert De Niel, Matthew Schneider, Mikko Kuitunen, Henrik Rydberg, and Mark Casson. The fashion show showed some amazing pieces from Mark Bloomfield, Dario Scapitta, Song Bowen, and Rob Elford.
And last but not least, a big thank you to Autodesk 123D and Tinkercad for making designing in 3D accessible and fun!
PS: Don’t forget our challenge ‘Christmas Ornaments’ is still go
Get creative with i.materialise and Tinkercad
At the 3D Printshow in London past weekend, i.materialise hosted a workshop together with Tinkercad, the easy to use 3D design web app. First, Tinkercad’s Technical Artist Pekka showed a packed workshop room how to design a saw shaped alligator wrench. Second, I showcased all possible 3D printing materials and finishes, and more importantly how to get your designs 3D printed through i.materialise.
For those of you who didn’t get their hands dirty during the hands-on workshop, we have some good news. Pekka has made the contents of the workshop available on Tinkercad as a ‘Lesson’. A lesson shows you step-by-step how to create your own handy little tool from scratch!
Or if you’re already in love with this cool gadget, you can just buy it in our gallery.
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3D printing in Titanium, still going strong
At little less than two years ago, i.materialise introduced 3D printing in Titanium. The high-end technology enabling this – DMLS (Direct Metal Laser Sintering) – is still one of the world’s most advanced manufacturing technologies. (more…)
Major Tinkercad update: you can now import 2D/3D designs!
Today, the folks at Tinkercad released one of their coolest features ever: the possibility to import existing 2D or 3D designs. Tinkercad is a free 3D design app that runs in the browser by using the latest web technology (web GL). The great thing about it is that you don’t need any previous design expertise. Just open your browser, go to tinkercad.com and start creating!
With the release of the import feature, we can’t wait to see all the crazy mash-ups and modifications people will come up with. The only downside for now, is that the STL import is limited to 25 000 triangles. So don’t go crazy just yet.
So how does an imported 3D file look in Tinkercad? Have a look below.
We can’t wait to see what’s coming next…and don’t forget you can still EXPORT your designs to i.materialise for 3D printing.
Featured Friday – Showing your 3D printed designs
Skullapalooza by Rob Elford
3D printed in gold plated stainless steel
RE-FORMATION by Roshannah Bagley
3D printed in polyamide
sekuMOI Mecy by Plummer-Fernandez
3D printed in multicolor
Explanining computers by Christopher Barnatt
3D printed in stainless steel
Got a $100.000 idea for the 3D4D Challenge?
Do you have a transformational idea that could leverage 3D printing technologies to deliver real social benefits in the developing world? Would you welcome the chance to work with great people to develop your idea further? Better still, could your idea steal the $100,000 prize in our international challenge? You think so? Well, then you have to enter the 3D4D challenge. We had a talk with Rosie Wilson, the Project Manager of the 3D4D Challenge, who’s researching and coordinating the challenge.
What is the aim of the 3D4D challenge?
Rosie Wilson: «The 3D4D Challenge aims to unearth new ground-breaking ideas that exploit developments in 3D printing, mobile phone based scanning technology and web based design applications to improve the incomes and livelihoods of people in developing countries. Techfortrade is funding a $100k prize to enable the winning entry to be implemented. »
Who’s behind the 3D4D challenge?
Rosie Wilson: «William Hoyle is the founding Chief Executive of techf
3D printing the top 3 of the bead design challenge
About 2 weeks ago we announced the winners of the Bead Design Challenge. The 3D printed results came in yesterday, looking all loveable, and shiny as hell! Congrats again to the winners: Eva Tucek, Francisco Galan Manzo and Luigi Vaghi. Your 3D printed designs are on their way!
Pocket Rockets & Love Bombs by Eva Tucek:
Hoss Bunny Bead by Francisco Galan Manzo:
OX8 by Luigi Vaghi:
p.s. Don’t forget that the metal accessories challenge is still running, so don’t hesitate to submit your design.
