http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58225&th=11915#msg_58225 mburkey 2012-12-08T05:34:04-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58236&th=11915#msg_58236 and when the printing crew makes a bad choice of orientation (as they pack lots of models together in one print run), they
can end up on a more important part of your model.
Other possibilities to keep in mind if it is not one of your own designs - the picture in the designer's shop might show an
idealized software render and not a photograph, the model may be available in different material choices (polished vs
non-polished, or one of the high-detail resins), or the picture showed a post-processed (polished/primed/painted) model.
Can you post a photo, so that people can decide whether this is the normal aspect of WSF straight out of the printer or
really a misprint ?
]]> mkroeker 2012-12-08T11:42:21-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58249&th=11915#msg_58249 stonysmith 2012-12-08T18:56:02-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58258&th=11915#msg_58258 http://www.shapeways.com/model/639494/uss-odyssey-stf-federa tion.html?li=productBox-search&materialId=6.

It's the USS Odyssey STF Federation in WSF material. I expect the low-end material to be sandpaper rough but not to see the layered contours that are present across the whole bottom of the image.I'm not trying to implicate anyone. I don't know if it's a less capable design program, the material, the manufacturing process or just one of those things buyers just accept. Hope I've successfully uploaded the file. At this point, it's been hit with 2-3 coats of paint and sanded. FWIW, this wasn't an issue on the topside of the model, just the bottom. I have several models now, and none of them show this problem. If it appeared like this in the CAD image, I'd understand. ]]> mburkey 2012-12-08T21:37:10-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58261&th=11915#msg_58261 could be mitigated by rotating the model to e.g. stand on end in the printer, but normally the people who assemble
the print jobs will know best. You might want to watch one of the shapeways production videos on youtube to see how
the printing process works, if you have not done so already).
I also notice that the shop page does not provide a photo of the printed model, also one would probably need to use the
somewhat more expensive "frosted detail" material to get all the fine details.]]> mkroeker 2012-12-08T22:51:06-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58267&th=11915#msg_58267 mburkey 2012-12-09T02:02:32-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58268&th=11915#msg_58268 stannum 2012-12-09T04:46:24-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58293&th=11915#msg_58293 mburkey 2012-12-10T02:07:54-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58296&th=11915#msg_58296
Sadly, neither orientation nor type of matchine/batch is customer selectable so far. After the change you would still depend on how the staff decides to load the machine.]]> stannum 2012-12-10T04:36:30-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58304&th=11915#msg_58304 service@shapeways.com to have this part reprinted!

Bart]]> bartv 2012-12-10T09:18:28-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58443&th=11915#msg_58443 mburkey 2012-12-12T02:08:21-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58718&th=11915#msg_58718 mburkey 2012-12-17T04:29:08-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=58866&th=11915#msg_58866 bartv 2012-12-19T09:22:06-00:00