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created 3d printing cheaper and more accessible for $50 - $150
on 08-26-2008 09:20 AM
saw this posted on digg this morning..
http://gizmodo.com/5041836/shapeways...tar-trek-style
http://www.shapeways.com/
Apparently they use a 3d printer and can have have it to your door in bout 10 days,
they only do white or transparent and mix of both but looks pretty cool...
I don't know a heck of a lot about 3d printing this could be expensive for all I know,
but the results looked pretty damn good.
basically you make you model
convert it to collada or X3D
upload it to there site ...then wait
costs between $50 - $150 roughly
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, line,
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shapeways has an absolute maximum limit of 250,000 triangles for a model  the materials they do look nice though |
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I'm in on the Shapeways beta [it's not hard to get in] - haven't gotten anything printed yet, but I'm working on it. Will be sure and post it up here if I do. From what I've seen, they do very nice work. And soon to have .obj format support. Hooray
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, veteran polycounter,
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Has anyone here gotten a 3D print? I now some people talk all big about getting one and then we never hear about it a gain
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Here's a print my buddy got of one of the Satyr Brutes from TQ [model by "coolest-guy-ever-Brian-Parnell AKA modeling_man"]
He's about 5 inches tall. $110 shipped, from 3darttopart.com . Low poly shape resolution intentional.
Last edited by Sectaurs; 08-26-2008 at 11:45 AM..
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, veteran polycounter,
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Damn dude. I forgot how cool that model came out in 3D. Thanks again Travis!
Also, Rich Sullivan came up with the concept!
*sigh* i miss ILE
B
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, polygon,
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I got a 3D print months ago, already forgot from who... came broken in 3 pieces :/
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yeah, I was wondering about the material, is it very fragile?
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3DArttoPart is pretty cool (and local to me, if I recall). When I was QA'ing at Maxis / EA, one of the Urbz character modellers had all the main characters from the game printed out and setting around his desk, including the dude walking his pitbull.
Currently out of the game industry, trying to find my way back...
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, veteran polycounter,
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I'm in Shapeways and my fat guy quick sketch head was quoted at $10,000! A little steep for me.
- BoBo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BoBo_the_seal
I'm in Shapeways and my fat guy quick sketch head was quoted at $10,000! A little steep for me.
- BoBo
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Shoot, at that price I'd be carving my own out of soap.
(I wonder how much they are selling the custom bed pan for, from the video...) ;)
Last edited by [MILES]; 08-26-2008 at 02:52 PM..
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, polygon,
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Holy craps, that quite a bit off of $50-$150. What do people normally print? Cubes?
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Holy Cats! How big were you attempting to get it Bobo? And did you shell it so that it's hollow inside? They charge by the volume of material.
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, veteran polycounter,
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Ya, Bobo was trying to get a full helmet made out of it :P
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