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After the job was complete we created a 3d model and made a demo video to display at the various trade shows that the company attends.
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I recently purchased the new 3d printer (da Vinci) from XYZ printing, only $529 US Dollars on Amazon. So I decided to print out my skid, very quickly did I realize that my modeling technique does not lend well to 3d printing. An object that is to be printed needs to be a solid object, any intersecting objects are not allowed, so all the pipes and pieces that I had were going to have to be rebuilt. With the complexity of this model it would have taken too much time to justify it to my boss. So I went looking for a solution, and found one at 3dmtp.com. For a very reasonable price they took my uploaded file and converted it to a solid mesh ready for 3d printing. Once I downloaded the new model I split it up into three pieces and printed it out. The printing took four days. When an intricate object is printed on a 3D printer that uses ABS plastic it needs to be printed with a scaffolding to support the hot plastic and keep it from sagging. It took three days just to clean out this plastic. After that I glued the pieces together and filled in the seams with contour putty and painted it. We will take this printed piece to trade shows as another eye catcher to get potential clients attention.
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