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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Ghostkingz

2 days 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. :)

in Game of Thrones: Top 6 3D Print Projects
GreigRS

3 days ago

Robbie, I believe you are watching it tonight, just to let you know I have seen it and couldn't believe what happened to her......

in Game of Thrones: Top 6 3D Print Projects
PaulAndrulis

4 days ago

Why hasn't someone at design spark created such a basic design tool as standard/metric bolt/screw/machine threads and/or gear type/ teeth, as such are used extremely extensively in mechanical design? Sure,...

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Lucas3

1 week ago

Your explanation has been very useful, thank you!

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jackdell1708

2 weeks ago

Very Helpful! If one were to fillet the crest and valley intersects of both screw/gear designs, a significant number of stress/shear points would be relieved. This would be a more robust design for...

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RobbieDunion

3D Printing and Design

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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