Shapeways Detail Material. Shapeways, one of the leading 3D print services, is trialing a new pair of print materials that are specially designed for high detail. They're taking cues from a survey in which clients demanded more detail and smoother prints. The new materials, dubbed eloquently in the typical Shapeways style, are "Frosted Detail" and "Frosted Ultra Detail". What's the difference? "Frosted Ultra Detail" has even *more* detail: it has a minimum detail thickness of a mere 0.1mm, whereas the not Ultra material has a mere 0.2mm detail. This is an experiment, as Shapeways correctly prefers to do. We're very happy to see Shapeways experimenting. We're hoping to see "Frosted Ultra Super Amazing Detail" soon. Blog: Introducing 3D Printing of new smooth, ultra detailed material. Hello, I'm Nancy, the Product Lead of Materials & Content, and I have some exciting news!
One month ago, we sent out a survey in which we asked people what they wanted in Shapeways material. We found that the top 2 qualities people were looking for are higher detail material, and smoother material. As you know, our number one priority is our customer, so we quickly went to work. In under a month, we found a new material! Click on the pictures to enlarge As you can see from the pinwheel photo above (the first picture on the left), Frosted Ultra Detail is a crisper, clearer material than Frosted Detail. This is also an improvement over our current detail offerings. We will be offering Frosted Detail materials on a trial basis for 8 weeks.
Detailed information on the material properties, design rules, and printing process can be found on the Frosted Detail Material Page. We sent some samples to active community users, and in the words of Stony Smith (of Wired fame) himself, Enjoy!
Gray Materialises - Fabbaloo Blog - Fabbaloo. Who likes gray? It's a dull, less-than-noticeable color that blends into any background. A gray car? Never! However, there's something intriguing about i.Materialise's new 3D printing material: Prime Gray. Objects just seem to look terrific in this color. Some of us (OK, me) we’re skeptical about the gray color. We were skeptical too, with other online 3D shops offering flashy materials such as the near-radioactive Nuclear Green, and similar products. I.Materialise is offering Prime Gray on a trial basis for one month, as is customary. A new i.materialise 3D printing material: Prime Gray. Today we”re introducing a new 3D printing material on i.materialise, Prime Gray. We”ve been listening and trying to determine what designers and 3D modelers need and want from their 3D printing materials. A lot of people we”re looking for highly detailed materials, smoother materials and also wanted visually appealing 3D prints. Internally people were smitten by the Prime Gray material, originally developed and used  for high quality visual prototypes for consumer electronics.
Some of us (OK, me) we”re skeptical about the gray color. But, we evaluated it and it turned out to also be a very nice and classy looking material for design and art pieces as well as character models. Today we”re introducing this material temporarily for one month. Prime Gray is sterolithography material that is Air Force Gray. Prime Gray is made on Stereolithography machines where lasers build up your object in a bath of resin. The images on this page are all of models that come with the Basic Finish. Ponoko's Glossiness. Glossy new 3D printing materials for your Personal Factory! 3D Printer Materials | 3D Printing from 3D Systems.
Inventables - 3D Printing. Durable Fine Plastic. Ponoko's New Gelatin! - Fabbaloo Blog - Fabbaloo. Distributed manufacturing service Ponoko has released a new material available for their 3D printers, with the self-describing name of "Durable Fine Plastic". We think this is a pretty cool material, because it's actually TWO materials in one! The objects themselves are printed in a rather nice ABS-like plastic that has both "durable" (strong like ABS) and "fine" (smooth finish) characteristics.
The other material involved is a gelatin-like substance that's used for support. This gelatin may be swiftly removed by washing it off after the print completes. Support capability is really important, as it permits all kinds of new object geometries to be printed. However, using this material requires a bit of design work: even though it easily washes off, you must ensure your objects have a hole through which it can be washed out. Otherwise you'll be carrying a lump of gelatin around forever. Via Ponoko (Hat tip to Kristen)