3D Printing and Design

If you are a professional engineer, 3D printing and design methodology can bring your creations to production faster and can be an ideal tool for producing prototypes to show to potential manufacturers.

If you are a hobbyist it can be a means of creating interest fun projects, or if you simply want to design a custom case for your mobile phone, the concept is the same. Whatever reason you have for your design concept, there is only room for its improvement with 3D printing and design.

Five reasons to get into 3D printing and design

3D design and printing have hit the mainstream, where you can explore your ideas as quickly as you can think of them.

Robox desktop 3D printer and micro-manufacturing platform

An overview of the ROBOX brand history and 3D Printer.

Capturing 3D images with a SCANIFY

Scanning natural models and artifacts with the new SCANIFY from Fuel3D in a couple of the famous Oxford Museums.

3D modelling for multi-mode fabrication

Combining additive and subtractive manufacturing with DesignSpark Mechanical- I draw and fabricate a simple assembly consisting of laser-cut acrylic sheets and 3D printed joining parts, covering tools and techniques within DesignSpark Mechanical.

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JACANT

6 hours ago

Have you tried 'Check Geometry' ?
Right click the solid in the structure tree.

https://designspark.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024820413-How-do-I-repair-my-STL-object-

in I keep trying to export my design but every time I try an error thing goes up and I don't know why.
davecole

1 day ago

@RichardBurgin I forgot that there are also lots of DSM users that have created tutorials on YouTube

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davecole

1 week ago

You could watch some of the video tutorials
https://designspark.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/202625729-Video-Tutorials

OR

work through some of the First Steps to...

in How do I start to learn to do 3d drawing
Rip65

2 weeks ago

@BradLevy

I have tried multiple times to install translators and all I get is "Another version of this program is installed. Please go to programs & features and uninstall" (that is the...

in Designspark 4 does not appear to support save in stl format.
Ghostkingz

3 months ago

Super awesome man..thanks for the share..my kid just started showing and interest in chess..so that is going to be my first print. :)

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RichardBurgin

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1 week ago

How do I start to learn to do 3d drawing

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cursedroses

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1 week ago

I keep trying to export my design but every time I try an error thing goes up and I don't know why.

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ElectricJosh

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1 week ago

Flexible Filament Material Sugestions For 3D Printing Tires

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RobbieDunion

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July 3, 2019 07:06

Is 3D Printing the game changer for New Balance?

Learn how Formlabs armed New Balance with a completely new 3D printing material and production system to launch TripleCell, a new platform that’s poised to deliver the true on-demand performance customization that today’s consumers crave.

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JohnKline

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2 weeks ago

Looking to print timing belts for similar application to print machines. Whats best flex material to use?

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karelmay

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2 months ago

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RobbieDunion

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April 15, 2019 07:55

Game of Thrones: Top 6 3D Print Projects

Unless you have been North of the wall in recent months then you will know that the long awaited final season of Game of Thrones is upon us. Here are some cool 3D print projects for you to get into between episodes.

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