A jewelry designer who has decided to jump onto the digital bandwagon has a plethora of choices when it comes to assistive jewelry CAD software. Dictating factors will be the accessibility of the user interface and suitability to the design genre. There are free entry-level solutions such as Ti...
If you have a design with a short bridge, you can 3D print it easily without supports. However, if there is a hole in it, it will be difficult as the printer will try to create the hole in mid-air. To avoid this, you can use a thin layer of material under the hole so the pri...
My thought is that an IR remote would be really nifty, since I could just hand the “control” to someone and they could play with the robot, getting it to draw something. Then again, feeding gcode to the ‘bot and having it actuallydraw something semi-recognizablewould also be great.2...
It cost hundreds of dollars, not thousands, and all components were downloadable from Thingiverse, a website dedicated to the sharing of user-created digital design files. 2012 - Formlabs release the ‘Form 1’, the first affordable SLA printer, through a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign ...
Or, if you need to design something completely new, 3D modeling is the perfect way to let your imagination run wild and bring your ideas to life. There are different 3D modeling techniques and software where you can design a model from scratch. It all depends on the particular object you ...
Some people have been using 3D printers to create obsolete parts in order to keep their cars running. The same idea can apply on almost any other product out there that can be revived using parts from a 3D printer. The possibilities are truly endless. Even something as simple as a battery...
However you can also download STL files from sites such as Thingiverse. Slicing Software: In order to print your model, you’ll need to convert it from a solid 3D model to a series of slices that can be printed using an app called a slicer. We’ll be using Creality Slicer for this ...
I recently ventured into adding a 3.5" TFT to my LulzBot Mini. I already have OctoPrint running, but there are times (usually during filament failure events) I need to directly control the printer (heat the filament, move axis motors etc). After 3 painfu
Check out Thingiverse for many useful ideas and downloadable models:http://www.thingiverse.com/newest Step 3: Supplies Access to a 3D printer Some PLA filament A free 3d design program like 123D Design. Also helpful is a free program like Netfabb. ...
“I wanted my kids to envision something, create something in a 3D modeling space, and hit print and have something tangible in their hands,” Grimes says. “We didn’t have that when we were kids, but kids today do.” Printer specs ...