Billy: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I'm just landing after flying for some months on the illussion that I could count with Shapeways for producing a range of model and...
Thanks Daniel. That's some lovely work you've done there. From reading the Shapeways forum, I can see that quite a few other people have had similar...
Bill: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Thank you. I'm glad it has been of any help. Â Â Â Â Â Â Actualy it is not technology what makes Shapeways' service inadequate but their...
At 12:04 AM 9/11/2011, Billy O'Shea wrote: <snip> ... Your issue is NOT with generic "3D printing technology"... but with the specific technology used by...
I agree with Richard. 3D technology has advanced much further than most of you realize. Shapeways is a start-up company that operates in a niche market. If you...
Pete & Richard - Thanks for your comments! When I wrote "the 3D-printing technology", I meant the printing technology currently used by Shapeways. I should...
It seems like 3d printing has exploded in the last few months. Mark Watson at CG N-scale is doing some excellent work with Shapeways. The stagecoaches make my...
... Really beautiful work. And I'm getting much better and more detailed results myself now from Shapeways, though whether that is down to me or the company, I...
What material is being selected for such a small print as I have some S scale fine detail parts I wouldnt mind trying to have printed. I had some larger items...
Hi I need a freebie cad to draw some 3D items for printing. I am using Creo Elements Direct at the moment and that looks very good. Anyone else using Creo ?...
Hi All, First post in this board My Name is Ryan, I'm in Melbourne Australia. Have been looking into making some RHB Nm gauge rolling stock and have been...
I'm quite inspired by the site and your ideas. Might I suggest you think of laser or craft-blade cut photo images of the body project instead of etched metal? ...
Hello, John from Saginaw Michigan. I own Z Central Station, a Z scale model train site. I can provide a link to view some of the finished Z scale RP's.  ...
Hi Mike, any ideas as to what material one should print the photos onto. i have just been reading the Quintopia blog spot where Jerry describes printing...
just checking as i will probably need some z scale wheel sets and couplers for this glacier express project. z couplers look beter than the N scale ones, and...
Z Central Station is just a Z scale forum site for members (free membership) to learn and share their modeling experiences. Â If you are looking for metal...
Well, regarding pricing, I really wish I would have taken more advantage of Printapart.com while it was still around. It was absorbed into Fineline Prototyping...
... Shapeways use the Projet 3000s that superseded the Invision machines. They are also considerably cheaper than Printapart ever was. -- Bill Bedford "Man is...
Shapeways may be using the replacement to the HR, but they are not utilizing it to its fullest (high resolution) potential. I got very good quality prints...
... I had exactly the same issues with these machines when I had print done by a bureau that was part of the 3D Systems franchise. *Nothing* I've seen or heard...
STL file output can be "tuned" to a finer resolution independent of the 3D printing machined used. The down side is that the CAD conversion to the STL format...
Shapeway did some pro bono work for me a couple of years ago. They printed the bell brackets and lanyard lever in stainless steel I used the default STL...
Hi Bill,  Is there a way to optimize one's part/.stl file for Shapeways, that will print with accepable resolution using FUD material, regardless of...
... The resolution is 375 x 375 x 790 (x y z)DPI for FD and 750 x 750 x 890 DPI for FUD ... Like all similar machines there are surface artefacts that need to...
sc_container sc_container@... [Moderated] May 17, 2012 Been in CAD forever...from version 10 to Civil 3D 2011...and build scale miniatures...tell me...
