Discover Three New Colors for Your 3D Prints in Polyamide (SLS)
All good things come in threes and today we are happy to introduce three new stunning colors for your polyamide prints: Bordeaux, Petrol Blue and Brown.
Recently, we presented some new finishes for polyamide: improved polished, satin and waterproof. But we wanted to offer you an even bigger selection for your polyamide 3D designs. (more…)
3D Print in Silver Now at a Lower Price
All that glitters is not gold…because today we’re focusing on silver! This is one of the materials you can use to 3D print your ideas, and is one of the most beloved metals for jewelry designs. And from now on, you can bring your design to life in silver at an even better price, especially on high-volume orders for 3D printing in silver.
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How to Use 3D Printing for Product Design: Meet the Fellow Coffee Lovers
For entrepreneurs, it can be difficult to predict if a good idea for a product will be accepted in the market, but a good design is often the key to success. The story behind Fellow is a good example of that. This start-up based in San Francisco has created some exceptionally beautiful and functional coffee brewers, and they use 3D technologies to bring their ideas to life.
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How to Get Started with 3D Printing on Modo
Modo is a 3D modeling, animation and rendering program which runs on Windows, Mac and Linux computer systems. This software by Foundry is a 3D printing design tool suitable for every field: games design, arts or science, but it is designed for 3D artists in particular.
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3D Scan Real Objects with Qlone and 3D Print Them with i.materialise
Have you ever thought about turning a real object into a 3D model to print? Scanning and 3D printing go hand in hand. Therefore, we are proud to announce our collaboration with Qlone, a mobile app for 3D scanning.
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Stories behind 3D Printing: Meet Jewelry Designer Noah Hähnel
From growing up in the German countryside to living in China, Noah Hähnel’s inspiring story is the focus of today’s blog post. This young designer will explain the highlights of his experience with 3D printing and will give some tips for 3D-printed jewelry beginners.
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2D-to-3D Converter: How to Turn Logos and Text into 3D Models & 3D Prints
We receive a lot of questions about how users can turn any two-dimensional objects (such as 2D logos, images, photos, text, etc.) into three-dimensional, 3D-printable objects. Luckily, this is easier to achieve than it sounds.
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How Our Quantity Discount Can Make Your 3D Prints Cheaper
Are you thinking about ordering a 3D print several times? Then read this blog post and learn how you can save money, big time!
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How 3D Printing in Multiple Colors Works
Multicolor printing is a fascinating 3D printing technique, as it allows you to make your 3D file truly come alive in full color. Today we will take a more detailed look at this technology and see how the 3D printer manages to “paint” the model during the printing process.
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Who Owns the Intellectual Property of Your 3D Prints?
“Do you store my files?” “Who guarantees that no one will take my ideas and copy them?“ “Can I print Star Wars characters with you guys?” – These are typical questions we get at meetups and fairs. It seems like some clarification is in order when it comes to intellectual property and 3D printing, and in this blog post I’ll try to explain the basics in a simple way.
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