Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2014 by Editors of Make Magazine

By Editors of Make Magazine

The area of machine 3D printing is swiftly increasing and new businesses and printer types are rising day-by-day. With such a lot of strategies to choose between, how do you opt what laptop is true for you?

The moment annual MAKE final consultant to 3D Printing is right here to aid, with reports of 23 printers at present out there. during this year’s trying out, we assembled a various group of specialist reviewers and placed those machines via a battery of checks to figure out this year’s standouts. We fascinated with the printer’s finish clients and made strategies in accordance with pursuits, funds, and utilization surroundings. find out about how we validated for this issue.

This factor factor delves into:

Reviews of 23 3D printers
3D scanners and filament extruders
Cool, helpful, and really good 3D published applications
CAD software program tutorials

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Skanect gives you visual feedback Skanect vs. ReconstructMe SKANECT RECONSTRUCTME Free trial / 99€ ($130) Free trial / 179€ ($235) Mac and Windows Windows only Easy installation Tricky installation with required drivers, but great support forums and helpful staff. Easy to use GUI interface for setting dimensions of the scan’s bounding box volume. txt files to customize. We found the 2-meter default Human High-Res volume was too short for taller subjects. “Future proofs” your scans by also capturing surface texture color data.

Though I still use ReconstructMe, Skanect has several features that make it quite attractive. First off, it’s No eyeglasses or shiny garments like patent leather boots. These don’t reflect the Kinect’s infrared light very well and they’ll throw off the scan. Look at your subject carefully, and pose them to create slow uphill lines with no sharp overhangs. 3D printers don’t like overhangs. Have them spread their feet and give their pose a little contrapposto — a vertical twist of the frame to make it more dynamic and pleasing to the eye.

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