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ing. Almer Kaasschieter Webdesigner / Webdeveloper |
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| Almer is a visual designer in one of the development teams in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. He uses the content management systems and other Ibuildings solutions to create and style websites/applications (customer or Ibuildings sites) based on delivered or own visual designs. | ||
Tuesday, July 22. 2008 I'm sure most of you created one yourself once: the T-shirt, mousepad or mug with your custom print. There are so many webshops and creation tools available, Been there, done that. Ibuildings has been working on the Shapeways project, that is taking us one step (or even a few steps) further: the online creation of your own 3D objects.For the past few months, the team I'm part of, has been working closely with the people at Philips Electronics (Eindhoven) to create the Shapeways website. Shapeways is a community where consumers can "print" 3D objects in several materials and share these items.
How does this work? You just upload the design from some CAD software onto the site. Shapeways checks whether the object can be made and provides a real-time cost estimate. Within 10 working days, a 3D product is "printed" and shipped globally. At the moment they only print to 4 kinds of plastics but other materials, like metal, are planned. Right now, you have to know your 3D CAD software that is also used by small businesses, but Shapeways will eventually offer its own online CAD tools. The average cost of objects is $50 - $150. With the private beta online, supported by recent publicity, the project is starting to feel mature, and since it's one of the first services that delivers 3D objects on a mass scale, I'm sure this will be a big hit. Trackbacks
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Goede ontwikkeling dat een Philips spin off zijn nek uitsteekt om een dergelijk initiatief op te zetten. Zal geen sinecure zijn voor consumenten om een correct .stl bestand aan te leveren in het juiste formaat met de beste materiaaleigenschappen geprint. Uit ervaring weten we dat dit echt nog in de kinderschoenen staat en dat grotere objecten kostbaar zijn om te printen. Net een object van 45 cm geupload kost 7000 usd om te printen ;(.
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