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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Boss

5 days ago

Hello Ashley,

Just a part answer, but some thoughts.
The first question is materials, why do you currently have stainless steel? It obviously has corrosion resistance but also one...

in What are the Pros and Cons to replacing stainless steel parts with 3D printed parts.
BradLevy

2 weeks ago

Oops. I misread your question when composing my original reply.

My yes was to the what I thought the question was (as a user of the DesignSpark programs, do I own what I make), while your...

in if i use your program do you own what i make?
Boss

2 weeks ago

As Brad says, you do as the creator.
Not by DesignSpark, your designs are your own and stored locally on your system and not on any server.

in if i use your program do you own what i make?
BradLevy

2 weeks ago

Yes.

in if i use your program do you own what i make?
eggythesnake

2 weeks ago

Your final picture has errors where not all the required artefacts have been removed. Perhaps Joy Ch's suggestion for step 12 will achieve this?

in Knurling…So just how do you do that in DesignSpark Mechanical?