3D Parts On Demand

By on July 15th, 2009 in blog

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Shapeways has announced a great new feature for their 3D printing service that should benefit designers. It’s a 3D parts model database.

The database currently has approximately thirty items in it, including a variety of nuts, sprockets, gears, bearings, coils and other fundamental parts. We suspect these components would be useful in many designs.

They’re offered free of charge in hopes that designers will “make awesome stuff”. We agree with that – because the ready existence of easily usable common components can only speed up the design process. Need a gear? Just grab one and go! The thinking is that you’ll spend less time designing the mundane and repetitive aspects and spend more time designing the unique and creative aspects.

Great move, Shapeways!

Via Shapeways Blog

By Kerry Stevenson

Kerry Stevenson, aka "General Fabb" has written over 8,000 stories on 3D printing at Fabbaloo since he launched the venture in 2007, with an intention to promote and grow the incredible technology of 3D printing across the world. So far, it seems to be working!

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