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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RS Components Support

1 week ago

@Julious Please see technical articles designspark.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/211943145-What-are-the-import-and-export-formats-available-

in Which CAD File can I import into Desginspark
JACANT

1 week ago

It isn't as simple as you may think, depending on the complexity of your intended model. You may need at least three images as in an orthographic projection.
You would need to trace around the image,...

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Julious

2 weeks ago

Thanks, that helped

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Julious

2 weeks ago

Have the same question

in Which CAD File can I import into Desginspark
GreigRS

3 weeks ago

Hello @ dmurphy. I can confirm we only have one username. Could you check whether everything is working using this username? Please advise any issues to our support area here, https://designspark.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/212523525-How-do-I-contact-DesignSpark-

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