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Wednesday, November 21. 2012
Forget Hours of Tiresome Assembly, Simply 3D Print a Ship in a Bottle
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"What would YOU do if you could 3D print in a clear material such as this?"
Stuff like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvuXKS6i4iw
Stuff like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvuXKS6i4iw
Nothing on any level of cuteness, but just being able to print opaque polyhedra encapsulated within clear ones, or ball-and-stick type thingies embedded in a semi-amorphous transparent
"cloud" would be quite useful.
"cloud" would be quite useful.
OR buildings and windows at the same time????
Would you like multiple material..??
Would you like multiple material..??
Come on, this is just torture. Is sinter-klaas on your team or not ?
What a strange question... of course we want multi-material! 
Something I'm very interested in with Objet multi-material is the ability to print soft rubber-like material and rigid parts in one go - imagine the robots you could design, that have built-in flex-joints, suspension elements, and pneumatic actuators. Something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DsbS9cMOAE
but with rigid parts. Or like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKJybDb1dz0&feature=related
I could think of a lot of applications for optically clear material - internal light guides for LED designer lamps (I think Disney research is looking into this right now), or for enclosures (usually the LED is somewhere on the PCB inside, and a lot of products use clear light guides to get it to the outside of the case).
Lastly, you don't seem to have a robust plastic that is watertight at the moment. ABS in FDM print would do that, and I guess some of the Objet materials too (to make waterproof enclosures).
So, as long as it is commercially feasible for you, bring it on There are never enough materials (at least for some of us...) Laser sintered metal (or better, laser melted metal) at a more affordable price would also be awesome...
Something I'm very interested in with Objet multi-material is the ability to print soft rubber-like material and rigid parts in one go - imagine the robots you could design, that have built-in flex-joints, suspension elements, and pneumatic actuators. Something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DsbS9cMOAE
but with rigid parts. Or like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKJybDb1dz0&feature=related
I could think of a lot of applications for optically clear material - internal light guides for LED designer lamps (I think Disney research is looking into this right now), or for enclosures (usually the LED is somewhere on the PCB inside, and a lot of products use clear light guides to get it to the outside of the case).
Lastly, you don't seem to have a robust plastic that is watertight at the moment. ABS in FDM print would do that, and I guess some of the Objet materials too (to make waterproof enclosures).
So, as long as it is commercially feasible for you, bring it on
There are never enough materials (at least for some of us...) Laser sintered metal (or better, laser melted metal) at a more affordable price would also be awesome...
Yes, the ability of the Objet to combine rigid and flexible parts is VERY interesting..
Would you prefer clear over rubber type materials?
Would you prefer clear over rubber type materials?
All very nice... and, yes, we want multi-material! ... Right now I feel as though I'm re-living the Personal Computer explosion of the 70's!
Id definitely be interested.... Heres a different example of what the Connex series can produce.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjEXym3s8uw&feature=relmfu
Id imagine you'd have to limit the amount of digital materials you could offer. Considering some of them can mimic 100+ types. That might be a bit confusing in the materials list
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjEXym3s8uw&feature=relmfu
Id imagine you'd have to limit the amount of digital materials you could offer. Considering some of them can mimic 100+ types. That might be a bit confusing in the materials list
Oops 17 materials can be printed pure or blended 'on the fly' into an additional 90 digital materials
I'd imagine the blending would make for some difficult choices for newcomers, but specifying known blends for a good material would be nice.
I know I have a few models set aside that can only be printed properly using this type of printer; for example a Metroid that requires a clear membrane surrounding internal biological structures.
I know I have a few models set aside that can only be printed properly using this type of printer; for example a Metroid that requires a clear membrane surrounding internal biological structures.
