3D printing

[martsky]

I just received a 3D engine kit where the parts came on a spider web of little stringers which were then grown into a flat plastic plate.  Two questions:

1) Is the flat plate the first or last part of the printing process?

2) Is the spider web individually modeled by the printing artist or is it generated by a modelling program?

Thanks, Marty

[stitchdup]

The flat plate is printed first in resin printing, it varies with other types, wax prints like resin but i think thats it. it attaches to a plate that rises out of the resin. think of it like printing thousands of photos in a stack. the spider web is the supports to hold the parts in place and the printer has the choice to add them r have the program do it. if you dip the item in hot water the supports remove much cleaner

[martsky]

Thanks Les,

This process provides astonishing detail.  Probably the nicest thing I have ever purchased from Ljubljana!

[Texas_3D_Customs]

On 3/7/2025 at 11:40 AM, martsky said:

I just received a 3D engine kit where the parts came on a spider web of little stringers which were then grown into a flat plastic plate.  Two questions:

1) Is the flat plate the first or last part of the printing process?

2) Is the spider web individually modeled by the printing artist or is it generated by a modelling program?

Thanks, Marty

That is where it attaches to the plate a good vendor in my honest opinion will ship the parts off the supports one is time-consuming and to things can get broken doing it

[martsky]

Thanks Tex

The model was of the Ferrari Columbo and was looking great until the incredibly cute individual velocity stacks for the very cute Weber carbs disappeared into the carpet monster. Now considering a turbo conversion.

All of this for a glue bomb Aurora GTO Resto Mod.

Marty