Hi,
I recently decided to go it alone with designing and selling my own scale model kit range, after designing for other companies for 25 years (and doing stuff I had zero interest in)
The designs I do are always in CAD, but 2-D, as the kit parts are laser cut and photo-etched parts. I have always used a freelance carver to carve the decoration masters like figurehead and stern decoration, but would like to try and start doing this myself via a 3-D printer
The problem is that I have only ever used CAD in a 2-D environment (TurboCad).
After doing some research into what potential printer to get, I came across this one:
https://uk-shop.3dsystems.com/fabpro...491.1546086041
I have attached a picture of a figurehead that I would need to have laser printed. What I need to know, before spending thousands, is - would that printer be viable for such work and what software would be required to draw such objects in order for the printer to recognise the parts? Are there any 'intuitive' software packages that perhaps come with tutorials.
Alternatively, would it be cheaper to have the work sub-contracted out
The sort of printing I would need to do
Thank you,
Chris
I recently decided to go it alone with designing and selling my own scale model kit range, after designing for other companies for 25 years (and doing stuff I had zero interest in)
The designs I do are always in CAD, but 2-D, as the kit parts are laser cut and photo-etched parts. I have always used a freelance carver to carve the decoration masters like figurehead and stern decoration, but would like to try and start doing this myself via a 3-D printer
The problem is that I have only ever used CAD in a 2-D environment (TurboCad).
After doing some research into what potential printer to get, I came across this one:
https://uk-shop.3dsystems.com/fabpro...491.1546086041
I have attached a picture of a figurehead that I would need to have laser printed. What I need to know, before spending thousands, is - would that printer be viable for such work and what software would be required to draw such objects in order for the printer to recognise the parts? Are there any 'intuitive' software packages that perhaps come with tutorials.
Alternatively, would it be cheaper to have the work sub-contracted out
The sort of printing I would need to do
Thank you,
Chris
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