{"id":22857,"date":"2015-11-09T21:46:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T21:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=22857"},"modified":"2015-11-09T21:47:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T21:47:22","slug":"audi-3d-printed-a-car-and-so-can-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/audi-3d-printed-a-car-and-so-can-you","title":{"rendered":"Audi 3D printed a car and so can you!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acclaimed car manufacturer Audi just unveiled a 1:2 scale version of the classic\u00a0Auto Union Type C, the early sports car that beat the\u00a0Mercedes Benz vehicles in the Grand Prix racing competitions back in the 1930&#8217;s. Even more impressive, this replica is fully working and printed directly in metal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/11\/05\/audi-3d-printer\/#ugQH32QfHgqs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22858\" alt=\"audi-3d-printer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/audi-3d-printer-625x351.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" data-wp-pid=\"22858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/audi-3d-printer-625x351.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/audi-3d-printer-400x224.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/audi-3d-printer-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/audi-3d-printer-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/audi-3d-printer.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Produced with Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) Audi&#8217;s team recreated the vehicle part for part in 3D printed Aluminum and Steel. Check out the video below for more on the process.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4T8R1GJ5zdI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s even cooler about this project is that everything used to create these replicas is available for Shapeways users as well! Our platform provides all of our community access to this technology. Any maker can print in our <a href=\"www.shapeways.com\/materials\/aluminum\">DMLS aluminum<\/a> and anyone can buy or sell in our <a href=\"www.shapeways.com\/materials\/steel\">steel<\/a>. Given all the resources, we all could be printing historic parts like these.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you don&#8217;t need to 3D print the whole car, Shapeways gives access to a whole marketplace of scale vehicles for your gearhead&#8217;s delight. \u00a0From Grand Prix racetracks to other 1:120 scale german cars, 3D printing is enabling everyone to get the custom scale vehicles of their dreams.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.shapeways.com\/fragments\/product?spin=TEJG8939K\" height=\"652\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.shapeways.com\/fragments\/product?spin=6SVNMWDJH\" height=\"652\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acclaimed car manufacturer Audi just unveiled a 1:2 scale version of the classic\u00a0Auto Union Type C, the early sports car&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":22858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[506,477],"class_list":["post-22857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-31-industrial-design","tag-1-whats-hot"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/audi-3d-printer-625x351.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Audi 3D printed a car and so can you! 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