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‘additive fabrication’

CloudFab 3D Printing. For Those Just Hankerin’ for Distributed Manufacturing.

28 Sep, 2009 by Josh Mings in DESIGN
3D Human CAD Models

I’m serious as printed Nutella when I say this. You’re about to get silly thoughts in your head. Silly thoughts about fabbing up this type of trinket or that type of trinket, in a really different way than ever before.

CloudFab is set to provide you with more options for your sly design fabrication needs. How? They’re gathering all the print shops and rapid prototyping manufacturers for you. You upload the model, they take care of the rest. How much easier could it get?

We caught up with Nick Pinkston of CloudFab to see what’s going down. He uses that big, scary ‘democratize’ word, but don’t worry, he’s also thrown in an invite code for all you lucky SolidSmack readers to try out the Beta site going live TODAY.

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The Surreal Artform of Anthony Tammaro’s Rhino/SolidWorks Modeling

18 Feb, 2009 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

anthony-tammaroDo you ever wake up from a dream, encapsulated in a bony structure surrounded by a translucent fleshy film? Not recently huh? Well, Anthony Tammaro is an artist from Philadelphia exploring that world and the medium of create art with 3D CAD, CAM and Additive Fabrication.

We looked at DDM (Direct Digital manufacturing) with 3D Color Printing yesterday. Anthony is the perfect example of putting this to use, turning designs into art that also happen to be product.

Curious about the process? I was and caught up with him via email. Here’s what he had to say…
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3D Color Printing As Common As a Wooded Lot Tick Infestations. It’s Coming.

17 Feb, 2009 by Josh Mings in NEWS

zcorp-3d-printingYou’re probably thinking the same thing I am. Soon 3D printing will be just as sure a part of the design process as having to pluck ticks from your eyelids after a nosedive into a damp, brushy floor of a wooded hillside.

Barring analogies to lyme disease and the whole blood-sucking thing, it pretty obvious 3D printing is getting more common and the ‘pay-per-part’ market is starting to get a bit more of a following. What I wonder is where is 3D color printing in all of this?

Oh, and even more… I’m wondering what you think.
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