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08-18-2007, 06:24 AM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: May 2006 Age: 40
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| USS Reliant Here's another ship that was grown from a CG file that I'll be making into a kit. A friend of mine has a 3D printer and scanner and is able to basically print these out.  |
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08-18-2007, 03:43 PM
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| SFM Guru  Realname: Adrian Join Date: May 2006 Location: So Cal Age: 29
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| more specifically, what does it take to get free printing favors  |
| I design your custom anything * Sea Scout Ship Changing Tides I bid on Shatner's old toupee Wings3D +Kerkythea ~ WIPs! cellphone updated 4/18/08 1701-D/01 Calypso -updated 1/6/08 | |
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08-18-2007, 04:41 PM
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| SFM Obsessed  Realname: Leon Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berlin Age: 18
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 | Wow that's cool, an awesome ship built in an awesome way! How does the printer support the things it prints, I mean you can't build a table by building it top to bottom without holding it in the air somehow, and turning it upside down doesn't really work either, does it? |
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08-20-2007, 07:08 AM
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| SFM Guru  Realname: Jay Seals Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wherever the U.S. Army puts me Age: 35
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| Melak: I'd presume that the best way to go about it would be to save individual portions of the ship (saucer section, pod, nacelles, etc.) into separate files and process those through the 3D printer one by one. Then, after all the major parts have been fabricated, glue them together into a full ship. After that, it's a matter of applying paint and decals. |
| "Poly count is king." - Me I'm a logophile. Look it up. | |
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08-20-2007, 11:48 AM
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| Divine Penguin   Realname: Craig Robinson Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rochester, UK Age: 38
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| No question is a stupid question if you don't know the answer - If you need help (and you can find us), ask the (Sens)A-Team. Personal website (updated, Mar 2007) :: Industrial-meshes.com :: Professional website (Updated, Feb 2007) | ||
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08-20-2007, 03:25 PM
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| SFM Guru  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Germany -> Bavaria Age: 26
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| seeing all that "dust", i guess the printer is a kind of CNC-Mill. which would be probably much cheaper then the rapid prototyping 3D-printer. it really looks like al3d's reliant - if yes, you should probably credit him... |
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08-20-2007, 04:31 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Age: 40
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| Nope it's not Al's, and I would never use someone's mesh without permission. I've been in this business long enough to know that. He made this mesh himself in Rhino. |
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