{"id":40624,"date":"2020-07-09T16:35:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T20:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=40624"},"modified":"2020-07-09T16:35:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T20:35:31","slug":"the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing","title":{"rendered":"The Future Of Aerospace 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Innovations in the aerospace industry have been seeing huge strives when it comes to 3D printing. Aerospace companies and organizations from around the globe are using 3D printing for both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/business\/rapid-prototyping-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"prototyping (opens in a new tab)\">prototyping<\/a> and end-use parts. These applications have been ramping up for years &#8212; and now we\u2019re looking ahead to the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/shapeways.com\/industry\/aerospace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"3D printing in aerospace (opens in a new tab)\">3D printing in aerospace<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aerospace\n3D Printing Today<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aerospace is a unique fit for 3D printing, offering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/40513-why-is-the-aircraft-industry-using-3d-printing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">prime application area for many of the benefits of additive manufacturing technologies<\/a>. Among these benefits are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Part consolidation<\/li><li>Lightweighting<\/li><li>Complex geometries (\u201cfreedom of design\u201d)<\/li><li>Rapid prototyping<\/li><li>Low-volume production<\/li><li>Digital inventory<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leveraging these benefits is proving\ntransformative for aerospace manufacturing as today\u2019s aircraft, rockets, and\nother commercial, private, and military aerospace builds are increasingly able\nto perform better than ever before. Fewer, lighter parts mean fewer assembly\npoints that could be a potential weakness as well as a lighter weight\nstructure, enhancing fuel efficiency and load capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aerospace has long been a \u2018city on a hill\u2019 for\nadditive manufacturing, offering highly visible proof points of the\ntechnology\u2019s high-flying potential to very literally fly high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like in the automotive industry, many\naerospace entities have been using 3D printing internally for years, if not\ndecades. Also like the automotive industry, though, many companies have seen\nthe technology as a competitive advantage best kept somewhat under wraps. This\nhas perhaps benefited these companies\u2019 bottom lines &#8212; but it has limited the\nvisibility of these applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GE fuel nozzle &#8212; which famously reduced from approximately 20 welded pieces into one 3D printed (and 25% lighter weight) piece &#8212; was among one of the highest-profile individual applications to be publicly shared. Such use cases are only ramping up; between 2015 and 2018, for example, GE 3D printed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ge.com\/additive\/stories\/new-manufacturing-milestone-30000-additive-fuel-nozzles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">30,000<\/a> of those fuel nozzles. Still, though, these examples are often heard over and over again because many other specific use cases are still seen as proprietary \u2018secret sauce\u2019 and not public knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cat\u2019s out of the bag by now, though, and\nit\u2019s almost an assumption that any aerospace company is in some way utilizing\n3D printing in its operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From SpaceX and NASA to Boeing and Airbus,\nthis is certainly the case. These companies are among the highest-profile in\naerospace to share at least some look into their 3D printing usage.\nApplications range from visible cabin components in passenger airplanes to\nmade-in-space tools on the International Space Station, with both mission\ncritical and aesthetic uses well represented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The secrecy of \u2018secret sauce\u2019 is slowly\nchanging, too, as in addition to broadening adoption of 3D printing, space\nexploration is becoming privatized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizations like SpaceX certainly have their fair share of trade secrets but are also open about their use of 3D printing in applications from spacecraft to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2020\/05\/12\/crew-dragon-displays-and-crew-spacesuits-ready-for-mission-to-space-station\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">personalized astronaut helmets<\/a>. 3D printing is often coming into play as well to not only make components of rocket engines, but also in new uses such as at Rocket Crafters for their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketcrafters.com\/our-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">fuel grains<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smaller, private companies working in the\nspace industry are celebrating the technologies they use to gain traction in\ntechnological advance and out-of-this-world achievements. By highlighting\ninstead of hiding the tech helping them to accelerate toward their own\nliftoffs, these new entities are contributing directly to a shift in the\nconversation around aerospace technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aerospace\n3D Printing Tomorrow<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When we look ahead, we can see an even brighter\nfuture for an aerospace industry making more and better use of additive\nmanufacturing opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While certainly the technologies will improve,\nproviding natural points of improvement even from those areas already\nleveraging additive manufacturing, the largest single point of future impact\nfor aerospace overall will simply be wider spread adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the 3D printing industry has\nhistorically been excellent at internally sharing the benefits of the\ntechnology (like those bulleted above), a sticking point has been in\nexternalizing this message. Aerospace becoming a more open industry with these\nnew private entities on the rise, and with more participants discussing the\nadvanced technologies they put to use every day, will see industrial additive manufacturing\ngaining more attention, and more traction, overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the GE fuel nozzle made anyone do a\ndouble-take, the next innovations to come &#8212; or even those already accomplished\nand not yet publicized &#8212; are sure to be fully head-turning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further parts consolidation, lightweighting,\nand other means of taking advantage of the freedoms that DfAM (design for\nadditive manufacturing) enables have the potential to see massive advances in\naircraft and spacecraft manufacture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By optimizing every part of an aircraft,\ncompletely rethinking and redesigning the whole, a manufacturer might see\nunprecedented capabilities emerge. In an industry where every ounce of\nstructural weight matters and lessening any possible point of failure is a\nmust, industrial 3D printing is an obvious fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The technology will only continue to make headway into the aerospace industry going forward, and with that larger general footprint will come more significant discrete advances. The future of aerospace and 3D printing is a relationship that will be ever more tightly intertwined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shapeways.com\/industry\/aerospace\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/learn-more_.png\" alt=\"learn more\" class=\"wp-image-39411\" width=\"137\" height=\"60\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovations in the aerospace industry have been seeing huge strives when it comes to 3D printing. Aerospace companies and organizations&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":40629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[555,850,593,2548,2547,2550,832,2546,1107,2545,830],"class_list":["post-40624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing-industry","tag-3d-printing","tag-additive-manufacturing","tag-aerospace","tag-complex-geometries","tag-lightweighting","tag-low-volume-manufacturing","tag-nasa","tag-part-consolidation","tag-prototyping","tag-rapid-prototyping","tag-spacex"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aerospace-3d-printed-parts.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>The Future Of Aerospace 3D Printing - Shapeways Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The aerospace industry has been making more and better use of additive manufacturing opportunities. How are applications ramping up for the future? We&#039;ll show you.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sarah Goehrke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sarah Goehrke\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/60d4ba6c514cdadd44d142e62d3421cd\"},\"headline\":\"The Future Of Aerospace 3D Printing\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-09T20:35:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-09T20:35:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing\"},\"wordCount\":840,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aerospace-3d-printed-parts.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"3D printing\",\"additive manufacturing\",\"aerospace\",\"complex geometries\",\"lightweighting\",\"low volume manufacturing\",\"NASA\",\"part consolidation\",\"Prototyping\",\"rapid prototyping\",\"SpaceX\"],\"articleSection\":[\"3D Printing Industry\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing\",\"name\":\"The Future Of Aerospace 3D Printing - Shapeways Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aerospace-3d-printed-parts.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-09T20:35:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-09T20:35:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"The aerospace industry has been making more and better use of additive manufacturing opportunities. How are applications ramping up for the future? We'll show you.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aerospace-3d-printed-parts.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aerospace-3d-printed-parts.jpg\",\"width\":1120,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"aerospace 3d printing\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Future Of Aerospace 3D Printing\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/\",\"name\":\"Shapeways Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Shapeways Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png\",\"width\":943,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Shapeways Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/shapeways\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/shapeways\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/shapeways\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/60d4ba6c514cdadd44d142e62d3421cd\",\"name\":\"Sarah Goehrke\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4247fd5aed8ce77239ef1f5cafdfc1f605360ed8c85574b25c1698ff9d530ce5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4247fd5aed8ce77239ef1f5cafdfc1f605360ed8c85574b25c1698ff9d530ce5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sarah Goehrke\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/author\/sarah-goehrke\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Future Of Aerospace 3D Printing - Shapeways Blog","description":"The aerospace industry has been making more and better use of additive manufacturing opportunities. How are applications ramping up for the future? We'll show you.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sarah Goehrke","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing"},"author":{"name":"Sarah Goehrke","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/60d4ba6c514cdadd44d142e62d3421cd"},"headline":"The Future Of Aerospace 3D Printing","datePublished":"2020-07-09T20:35:28+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-09T20:35:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing"},"wordCount":840,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aerospace-3d-printed-parts.jpg","keywords":["3D printing","additive manufacturing","aerospace","complex geometries","lightweighting","low volume manufacturing","NASA","part consolidation","Prototyping","rapid prototyping","SpaceX"],"articleSection":["3D Printing Industry"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing","url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing","name":"The Future Of Aerospace 3D Printing - Shapeways Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aerospace-3d-printed-parts.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-09T20:35:28+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-09T20:35:31+00:00","description":"The aerospace industry has been making more and better use of additive manufacturing opportunities. How are applications ramping up for the future? We'll show you.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aerospace-3d-printed-parts.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aerospace-3d-printed-parts.jpg","width":1120,"height":500,"caption":"aerospace 3d printing"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-future-of-aerospace-3d-printing#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Future Of Aerospace 3D Printing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/","name":"Shapeways Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization","name":"Shapeways Blog","url":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png","width":943,"height":121,"caption":"Shapeways Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/facebook.com\/shapeways","https:\/\/x.com\/shapeways","http:\/\/instagram.com\/shapeways"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/60d4ba6c514cdadd44d142e62d3421cd","name":"Sarah Goehrke","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4247fd5aed8ce77239ef1f5cafdfc1f605360ed8c85574b25c1698ff9d530ce5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4247fd5aed8ce77239ef1f5cafdfc1f605360ed8c85574b25c1698ff9d530ce5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sarah Goehrke"},"url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/author\/sarah-goehrke"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}