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my first attempt at sculpting something. A lot harder than I originally expected - it was originally intended to be much more detailed and life-like, but trying to model the feet changed all that. I think a stylised representation is much better...ahem.

My idea was to make it in ceramic, I had the minimum wall thicknesses in mind and the max bounding box etc, but did not read the max thickness part. My mistake. Anyway, I hollowed it out, put some drainage holes in and had it printed out in pwsf.

I am very happy with the result, and hope my wife (who I modelled it for) will like it too.

Will try to get a better picture asap.



]]> AmLachDesigns 2013-02-08T17:08:23-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=61619&th=12768#msg_61619 Youknowwho4eva 2013-02-08T18:01:26-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=61625&th=12768#msg_61625
I don't know if you read the blurb I wrote or not but I based it on a Great Blue because it had a pose I liked. Praise indeed!]]> AmLachDesigns 2013-02-08T18:30:19-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=61627&th=12768#msg_61627 Youknowwho4eva 2013-02-08T18:36:44-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=61700&th=12768#msg_61700 ]]> UniverseBecoming 2013-02-09T23:13:59-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=61725&th=12768#msg_61725 AmLachDesigns 2013-02-10T08:55:43-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=61866&th=12768#msg_61866 HERE if you're interested.

Glenn
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So no part of your structure is more than 15mm thick? I'm assuming it's not hollow. Do you think my Heron would print in Ceramic? Apart from the thickness issue, I wasn't sure that the legs would support the body, especially with the torque/moment of the beak.]]> AmLachDesigns 2013-02-12T13:47:39-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=61875&th=12768#msg_61875
No, my model is not hollow - which is correct for printing in ceramic; it works out cheaper that way. In fact it is the cheapest material to print most models in.

You're right in that the leg and beak may be an issue for printing in ceramic, depending on size. You could always run it by Shapeways before actually ordering it. All being well, I would definitely recommend it.

Glenn



]]> lensman 2013-02-12T14:22:25-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=61876&th=12768#msg_61876 Youknowwho4eva 2013-02-12T14:27:51-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=61877&th=12768#msg_61877 lensman wrote on Tue, 12 February 2013 14:22
While I haven't measured the heads I don't think that would be an issue - just as wall THINness doesn't seem to be an issue with RINGS printed in s/steel I believe that an almost spherical object with a maximum thickness of 15mm+ wouldn't cause any problems in ceramic.


One of my failed attempts to get this made was rejected for:

CS email

Here you can see that the model is got very thick walls which you need to make thinner, maybe you can make the model hollow? As you can read on our design rule page for Ceramics the maximum wall thickness may be 15mm.

Didn't make sense to me but I had other issues as well...

lensman wrote on Tue, 12 February 2013 14:22

No, my model is not hollow - which is correct for printing in ceramic; it works out cheaper that way. In fact it is the cheapest material to print most models in.

I know about the area thing, which is why initially I wanted to print this in ceramic. Having said that I think it should be an option to print in hollow ceramic and not have to pay for the inside to be glazed, especially as it is most probably not technically feasible so to do.

lensman wrote on Tue, 12 February 2013 14:22

You're right in that the leg and beak may be an issue for printing in ceramic, depending on size. You could always run it by Shapeways before actually ordering it. All being well, I would definitely recommend it.

Good idea, I will do that.

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