3D Printing: Is this model feasible to print? (2 Solutions!)
Channel: Roel Van de Paar
Date: 27/06/2019

3D Printing: Is this model feasible to print?


The Question: I have a 3D model that I'd like to print. This is my first project, so I'm
trying to decide if I'm getting in over my head. Here's the model rendered with
Blender:

If I throw it at a commercial printing shoppe, is it going to be fairly
straight forward? Or is it unlikely to be able to get the colours fitting
together like this to work well?

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== This solution helped 5 people ==
Here is a set of options you can get:
 1. print the object on multi color printer
Unfortunately we got some limitations here (on the market). Printers have
limited set of heads which are in fact printing in one color at a time. So we
usually have 2 colors, there are also 4 color heads. If there are more then
they are rare, expensive or rare and expensive.
here are examples of such color printouts:
[click_to_go_to_the_project]www.thingiverse.com/thing:329436 [click_to
go_to_the_project]www.thingiverse.com/thing:67503
 1. print object splitted
In this case you can have single color printer. You print parts in one color
then you change filament and print other color and so on. The issue here is to
have well formed object which is designed for such print method (it's
connectable in some way) or you can stick printed parts with the glue.
here are examples of such puzzled printouts:
[click_to_go_to_the_project]www.thingiverse.com/thing:642211 [click_to
go_to_the_project]www.thingiverse.com/thing:1360459
 1. print and paint
here are examples of such painted printouts:
[click_to_go_to_the_project]www.thingiverse.com/thing:1333103 [click_to
go_to_the_project]www.thingiverse.com/thing:459472
NOTE:
All above assumes that you are gonna print your object in FDM technology. You
can also take a look on 3dprintingfromscratch.com/common/types-of-3d-
printers-or-3d-printing-technologies-overview such as:
 * Stereolithography(SLA)
 * Digital Light Processing(DLP)
 * Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
 * Selective laser melting (SLM)
 * Electronic Beam Melting (EBM)
 * Laminated object manufacturing (LOM)

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