Additive manufacturing is a real nice technology and it represents very much the final product. Do you know what caused the smear type effect on the surface? It was so strange because I didn't see it anywhere else on the watch case, it just started from the inner contour and abruptly ended at the outer contour so it really seemed like this was done on purpose.
Michel On Apr 7, 4:44 pm, David Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/6/12 8:54 PM, Cobra007 wrote: > > > I am thinking maybe the 3D printed end result was just different from > > your design, what are those "smears" at the surface of the watch case? > > I actually thought you had done this on purpose to make it appear > > looking older, but maybe this is just how it got out of the printer: > > >http://xiac.com/Images/nwl_proto1_fronta.jpg > > > How long would it take to print this in high resolution? > > > Michel > > The 3D printed prototype is only an approximation of the final product. > It's not intended to be an exact version of the watch. It's very nice to > be able to hold an actual part in your hands to see what it looks like. > I don't know that I will ever make a 3D printed one that's good enough > to be considered a product. > > I plan to make more prototypes myself in a while. I have an Ultimaker 3D > printer kit in a box waiting for me to assemble it, after I get caught > up on shipping product to waiting customers. > > -- > David Forbes, Tucson AZ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
