News — 3D Design

Learn How to Paint Your 3D Prints Like a Pro! Learning to paint your 3D printed parts will enable you to create looks-like prototypes, detailed miniatures, and a variety of other visually accurate models. Navigating the various different materials and techniques can be intimidating, and in this post you’ll learn all of the steps needed to paint your parts from start to finish. Printing Starting with a detailed and well-printed model will make the rest of the painting process easier and improve your final results. Your printed model should be smooth and devoid of artifacts prior to painting. For FDM...

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Learn How to Make Your 3D Prints Truly Transparent "3D printing continues to advance in its ability to create visually accurate prototypes, but most machines are still unable to produce optically clear parts. In this post, you’ll learn why 3D printers struggle to make objects clear straight off the build platform, and you’ll discover 3 techniques for making optically clear parts." Get the rest of the story. Get some Z-GLASS by Zortrax here!

Did you know you can now insert automatic pauses in a sliced file in CraftWare? Make sure you are running the latest version [v1.15 as of today is the latest] and after slicing the file, insert pauses via the controls on the bottom of the screen! It's that easy! http://bit.ly/CraftWareDownload

The automotive industry has been doing this for years [re-creating otherwise unavailable and obsolete/no longer in production specialty parts with 3D printing] - now the USAF will be doing it: https://seethis.co/aBgZgb/