Hello, first time here!
My apologies if this has been asked before, or if there's an easy link to the explanation.
I was browsing through the shop and noticed many printed models that either have interlocking seperate shapes, or even whole mechanical constructions with moving parts, all assembled during printing (or so I assume).
I can't seem to wrap my head around how Shapeways printers would be able to achieve this, if I try and imagine the process in my head, all I seem to be thinking about is that the seperate parts somehow have to be floating mid air throughout the printing process. It's a silly idea, but this brings me to my question:
Is there any information or an explanation available on how the printers manage this (to me) magic feat of production, where it somehow manages to have models suspended in mid air, interlocked and everything, to be printed out in 3D?
Thanks in advance.
Last edited: Sep 21, 2013