Comments on: Solidoodle! http://www.idsketching.com/all/solidoodle/ Sketching and Drawing Video Tutorials for Industrial Designers Wed, 15 May 2013 17:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mina http://www.idsketching.com/all/solidoodle/comment-page-1/#comment-7222 Mina Sun, 08 Jul 2012 09:10:00 +0000 http://www.idsketching.com/?p=4273#comment-7222 What about a Makerbot?

]]> By: Tim Fox http://www.idsketching.com/all/solidoodle/comment-page-1/#comment-7215 Tim Fox Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.idsketching.com/?p=4273#comment-7215 I’m getting it!!!

]]> By: Patrick http://www.idsketching.com/all/solidoodle/comment-page-1/#comment-7081 Patrick Wed, 02 May 2012 06:09:00 +0000 http://www.idsketching.com/?p=4273#comment-7081 Not me.  Their prices keep dropping and the technology keeps improving.  It’s hard to justify the expense unless you do low volume production runs.  It may be cheaper to order from protomold, 3Dproparts or the like.  Also, there are many different rapid prototyping technologies and they all yield parts of different properties.  While it appears you just create your solid model in CAD then press print, it’s not always that simple.  Some models require thought with respect to the best printing direction and sometimes require supports which must be added to the solid model.

Also, plastics move over.  DMLS is on the horizon (direct metal laser sintering).  Basically similar in principle but able to make metal parts which are must more useful.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_metal_laser_sintering

]]> By: Samwenliang http://www.idsketching.com/all/solidoodle/comment-page-1/#comment-7073 Samwenliang Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:54:00 +0000 http://www.idsketching.com/?p=4273#comment-7073 tempted!!! :D

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