Print3D - Put the factory in your file menu
I have been flirting with the Rapid Prototyping industry for many years now by developing STL import/export plug-ins for CAD systems, founding the OpenRP Initiative and developing custom RP related plug-ins for clients the world over. Now I am done flirting. Today I embrace the RP industry with arms wide open. Today we announce Print3D Corporation (http://www.print3dcorp.com/), a company I co-founded with Ron Barranco, a veteran of the RP industry and founder of Stereolithography.com.
Print3D is a global provider of rapid prototyping services, basically a service bureau, but unlike any other. We offer a unique method of quoting and ordering parts directly from your CAD system. Our press release explains:
"Print3D version 1.0, offered as a standalone PC application and as a plug-in for several major CAD systems, makes ordering designs into production as easy as sending a document to a printer. CAD users receive real-time, guaranteed quotes for plastic or metal prototypes for whatever components they have open in their modeling workspace. Users can customize their order through the integrated interface, adding paint and finish options, and then send the request to rapid prototyping facilities directly from their 3D modeler.
Print3D is the first rapid prototyping bureau to develop an offline method of pricing and ordering parts. The innovation not only gives CAD users the opportunity to iteratively check costs anytime through the course of design, but also makes enormous strides both in convenience and security beyond the online ordering methods used by competing bureaus." (Full press release here)
Print3D offers next-day delivery on most simple SLA and SLS plastic prototypes, and two to three day delivery on more complicated orders, such as customized paint, dye, or metallic-plating finishes, or metal-casted components.
Currently we have plug-ins for Alibre Design, AutoCAD, Inventor, Rhinoceros, Solid Edge, SolidWorks and SpaceClaim. Development and testing of plug-ins for other CAD systems is on full swing and we should be releasing them shortly.
Do drop in and try out our software. It's free. And when you do have the need for a part, just print it. Click File and Print3D in your CAD system, save a quote, order your parts and we will deliver them to you anywhere in the world. Wait, let me rephrase that - wherever FedEx offers service. The last time I checked FedEx did not ship to Iran and North Korea.
Print3D is a global provider of rapid prototyping services, basically a service bureau, but unlike any other. We offer a unique method of quoting and ordering parts directly from your CAD system. Our press release explains:
"Print3D version 1.0, offered as a standalone PC application and as a plug-in for several major CAD systems, makes ordering designs into production as easy as sending a document to a printer. CAD users receive real-time, guaranteed quotes for plastic or metal prototypes for whatever components they have open in their modeling workspace. Users can customize their order through the integrated interface, adding paint and finish options, and then send the request to rapid prototyping facilities directly from their 3D modeler.
Print3D is the first rapid prototyping bureau to develop an offline method of pricing and ordering parts. The innovation not only gives CAD users the opportunity to iteratively check costs anytime through the course of design, but also makes enormous strides both in convenience and security beyond the online ordering methods used by competing bureaus." (Full press release here)
Print3D offers next-day delivery on most simple SLA and SLS plastic prototypes, and two to three day delivery on more complicated orders, such as customized paint, dye, or metallic-plating finishes, or metal-casted components.
Currently we have plug-ins for Alibre Design, AutoCAD, Inventor, Rhinoceros, Solid Edge, SolidWorks and SpaceClaim. Development and testing of plug-ins for other CAD systems is on full swing and we should be releasing them shortly.
Do drop in and try out our software. It's free. And when you do have the need for a part, just print it. Click File and Print3D in your CAD system, save a quote, order your parts and we will deliver them to you anywhere in the world. Wait, let me rephrase that - wherever FedEx offers service. The last time I checked FedEx did not ship to Iran and North Korea.
posted by Deelip Menezes at
11:56 PM
4 Comments:
Great idea Deelip. I've used a lot of online systems for many years. Will this be worldwide? Who is providing the RP service in each locality? Is there any facility to tweak the output file to make the mesh more dense for say more gradual curve areas?
By
Anonymous, At
1:24 AM, October 10, 2008
Yes, we ship world wide. Currently we build and ship from the US. But if we are able to find service bureaus outside the US that meet our standards, we may partner with them to provide a quick turn around time for our customers.
We do most of the building ourselves and partner with a few select service bureaus for specific services that we do not ourselves offer at this time.
Mesh resolution is something that we are working on.
By
Deelip Menezes, At
10:31 AM, October 10, 2008
Took a look at it, and showed some other people. It looks good, easy to use but I'm not sure what the materials were, can you clarify them for me.
Tony Cantrell
CSWP,CSWA
PSWUG Group Leader
cantrett@westinghouse.com
cantrett@yahoo.com
803-647-3100
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Anonymous, At
7:42 PM, October 23, 2008
The Business Model looks good for Direct RP parts -Plastic or even metal and for people who need a particular type of finish
But how about things like a Fully functional Cylinder head or Crankcase -that needs to be sand casted . The shrinkages etc etc . How do you prove that the castings are metullurgically and geometrically correct. Do you need to discuss this closely with the end user as you are making these castings . What do you do for machined castings ?
I am talking about Cylinder heads and crankcases - not simple brackets etc
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Unknown, At
5:19 PM, March 26, 2010
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