Welcome to the i.materialise forum! Please introduce yourself

#36

Hi Swetjabo,
Welcome to the i.materialise forum! If you’re interested in making 3D-printed shoes, you should definitely check out some of our previous projects with shoe designers for inspiration:



#37

I am John , i live in Brighton UK , narried with 3 grown up daughters.
I served in the British Army for 24 years.
i am retired now . I don`t design or print , i just get the file printed and paint it.
I collect most British modern military weapons and figures , i was introduced to imaterialise by a fella who was teaching me fusion 360 , but gave that up as my brain is not big enough for that.
I have a guy who i pay to make my print files, but will have a good look around the forum
hello to you all
john

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#38

Hello All,
My name is Eleni and live in London. My background is Software engineer and I started looking into 3D printing after I realised how expensive is to produce anything with injection moulding :slight_smile:.
I have used i.materialize to print some prototypes of my product and I am considering a small production as well. My product at the moment is an anti-stress pen and the e-shop is this if you want to have a look, https://shop.writewithbar.com . After all, Imaterialize printed it for me :wink: At the moment I am trying to understand the recyclability of the MJF TPU and how it works. For example: can I send you back the product and you can recycle it? Do I just throw it to the recycle bin?

Happy to meet you all :slight_smile:

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#39

Hello everyone!
My name is Klaris. I am from Germany.
I am fond of technical innovations and Artificial Intelligence.
I am working in a company 3D Generation which produces 3D figures of people and animals like this

I am sincerely glad that I can work in this area. But I am a newbie in 3d printing so I have a lot of questions about 3D models, 3D printing, materials and so on. I hope that I will find a lot of interesting things in this community.
At least, I was already inspired by the stories of its participants, which surprisingly combine different areas of activity with 3D printing. This is unbelievable! :heart_eyes:
Good luck to you all!

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#40

Hi everyone!
My name is Pierre and I’m from Quebec Canada. I’m a mechanical Designer and PDM specialist with Solidworks as a freelance. I’m used to 3d print (have some 3d printers at home) and I use Simplify3d as my prefered slicer. I print with PLA and PETG aswell.

I specialized in sheetmetal models and started to 3d printe them. I am discovering the proto plasta stainless steel and the carbon fiber with FDM printer. I’m used to R&D and I love it.

Hope this is giving a short but good introduction to myself.

Best regards
Pierre

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#41

Hello,

I’m Daniel Swanson from Clearwater, Florida

I’ve been a full-time freelance computer artist since 1987, working exclusively on Apple computers.

My wife and I currently design books. Samples are at www.van-garde.com

In recent years I’ve become very interested in 3D printing, and my current new dream is to design, manufacture, and sell jewelry.

I’ve been a Foundry Modo user for years, and it’s well-suited to design jewelry.

Though I’ve used ■■■■■■■■■.com for years to manufacture various designs, I’m experiencing various difficulties in fully setting up my shop. So I want to check out iMaterialize as a possible alternative.

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#42

Hi I’m Ford Smith from Atlanta Georgia USA. My Business name is The Vintage Smith

I am a full time Jewelry Designer and caster. I use Art Cam and Rhino. For the past 22 years I have made models using a milling machine which recently died of old age and the lack of parts. I am debating on getting a new milling machine or a 3D printer.

#45

Hi I’m a creative belgium boy, i’m looking for new opportunity with belgium enterprise, i’m using blender all night long :stuck_out_tongue: I’m french speaker and working with 3D printer with non profit since 2010, now i’m looking for new opportunity and I want to share my first project by kickstarter.
METAORBE on Kickstarter
best regard

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#47

Hi I am Edd Bax (MadEdd) from the Netherlands.
I am a designer and specialised employee at Antwerp University, Faculty of Design Sciences, in the model making workshop.
Besides that, I run my own business in 3D design, 3D scanning called CTd by Edd. My workshop is in the former shower area in an obsolete swimming hall.
I design parts for prototyping, art works or educational stuff.
The last thing I ordered are a complete alphabet of small hands for a finger spelling teacher.
Most design are made by Fusion360, but in the Makersbase Breda, where I also am employed, we use Tinkercad, for the kids and starters. I have my own 3D printers: a Prusa MK3s with MMU and an Elegoo Mars Pro 2 resin printer. I order my design when a customer wants a larger amount of prints, or when ordered prints are in a material I can’t print.

#48

Hi, Bruno :ухмыляясь:
I think you have done a nice job. Keep your skils and improve. You videos is also quite interesting.
As far as English is concerned, I advise you to watch the English-speaking bloggers who run modeling and design channels.
Here are my favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXfGjwohMgPm4Ng2e1FXySw
https://www.youtube.com/c/ShantanuKumar/videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/
Best wishes and have fruitful a job

#49

Guten Tag, I’m Just from France
I’m industrial engineer and my daily business is to work with stainless steel parts (machining, welding, …).
I’m used to work with Catia, Solidworks and NX.
My wife brought me to i.materialise :slight_smile:
I already printed parts but with SLM process (steel 3d printing)
Right now I’m dealing with some very old cameras for which I need to replace some plastic parts, that’s why I’m here

#50

  • Who are you? I am Arturo Garcia, soon to be owner of the small startup, Paracosm Forge.

  • Where are you from? I have spent nearly all my life in the small lake side city of Hammond IN.

  • What’s your day job? My current day job is a full-time university student. I’ve been one for over ten years now. With that much time I have learned a lot about many things. My startup, is my biggest steps in finally transitioning out of higher education and into full time employment

  • Which 3D modeling software do you use? I am most accustomed to Autodesk Inventor, and some Autodesk AutoCAD 3D modeling software, but can also use simulation-based software like ANSYS Workbench, COMSOL Multiphysics, and Matlab. I do plan to teach myself more freeform 3D modeling software as well such as blender.

  • What brings you to i.materialise? I was looking for potential partners for my business, I am hoping i.materialise will be willing to work with me and be a lifelong business partner.

  • Have you already 3D printed something before? During my time at the university, I have modeled, and 3D printed many items for research purposes with their in-house printers.

  • What kind of products do you make? My company Paracosm Forge, plans to make promotional figurines, and figurine box displays for other small businesses and the creator market. The high customization required for those is necessary.

Thank you all for having me here. May I ask who I should speak to, in order to properly develop this partnership?

#51

Hi … I’m Nita Tiberiu from Romania.

It is possible to print an alloy of two metals by this method. For example, copper microspheres with a diameter of 15 microns placed at a distance of 10 microns from each other (in all directions) and to fill space between microspheres with magnesium.

#52

Hi Nita,
Sounds like you are working on an interesting project!
The copper models we are creating are made through the technique of lost wax.
So there is not really control over where which particles will be placed.
Seems you want to micro-3dprint.
There are techniques that work with binder jetting which in principle could use a mix of copper and magnesium, but then there are also boundary conditions that have to be met in order to be able to produce such parts in that technique, of which I am no expert.
Try e.g. https://www.hoganas.com/en/services/digital-metal/
Success with the project!
greetz,
WiM

#53

Hi I’m Paul and I’ve been 3D printing for exactly five years. I used SolidWorks for six years before I retired and I see 3D printing as the natural development on 3D Virtual CAD. I love graphic design and can see the connection between it and 3D printing. I love the graphic designers of the 1930s and 40s. The work of Tom Purvis in using blocks of colour without shading would be ideal converted into 3D model.
I print for pure enjoyment and don’t sell models. But I display many of the models I print on a kind of window gallery that faces onto the street from my lounge. The intention was to show the technology to anyone who passes by. A lack of response suggests that this means nothing to people. However the young kids (5 to 10) are fascinated and I give out models to them free.

#54

Howdy all! Looking forward to being a part of the community. Im new to printing. I have a old Geeetech and just got a resin printer. Cheers! :grin:

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#55

Hallo,

ik ben Michael uit Den Haag en ben verzamelaar van HTM tram modellen in de schaal H0 (1/87).
Het aanbod van modellen is zeer klein en van “infra” modellen is er nagenoeg niets gemaakt dus ben ik zelf aan de slag gegaan.
Ik gebruik Sketchup Pro, Simplify3D en Netfabb om mijn modellen te maken.
Hopelijk kan ik veel gebruik maken van de i.materialise printservice, het is mij goed bevallen!
Groet, Michael

#56

Hi I’m Riley

I work as a 3d designer for a big company and I work as a 3d designer for people. now I’m looking for a second job I hope this will be my second job.

#57

Hello, this is Giuseppe. I am working on software that creates physics-inspired structures—interested in exploring ways to interact with the API! BTW, how to get the ToolID to start testing it? thanks

#58

Hi Giuseppe!

You can request the toolid here:
https://i.materialise.com/api/getting-started/request

greetz!
WiM

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