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Yes yes yes! Do text relief or add texture or crazy spikes or something -- no point in using the printer for the kind of stuff you can just cut out of a plexiglass sheet. :)

From the...

Okay, so I'm terribly impatient and the shop guys seemed bored so I had the scales printed out despite the discrepancy in scale. That's right, I used the word scale twice in that sentence with...

I got the PM and just sent you a response. They have the file loaded but the printer operater wanted to confirm the length first because he's seeing it at around a foot long. That'd be a killer...

Well I'm not exactly familiar with the various CAD programs. Our engineers use NX which I can troubleshoot on a basic level, but I've no idea how to create a model in it.

AutoCAD can save files...

Hate to bump this but there were several posts about making CAD files, but I never heard back. :(

So is there anyone else interested? Read the thread for specifics. Basically, if you know CAD...

Well this is more of a "I want to see how this turns out" thing, so go ahead and draw up some scales that you could use and I'll see if I can print them out. If you can make it as close to standard...

Sweet. Just send me a PM when you have the STL and we'll see what happens. :)



We have an older 3D printer that uses a fine powder and compacts it for the part. It yields a good model but...

They'd have to be STL or SLC files. I can find out if other formats will work on Monday.

I'm not that familiar with the various CAD softwares -- from what I read from the printer manufacturer's...

That's exactly why we have the printer in the first place. I work I.T. for a medical device manufacturer, and it's much cheaper in the long run to test out implants and surgical tools with the...

Well drats. I guess I can take a drawing and have someone at work design it in CAD. Then I can post it in the help files. :)

I thought of an additional question; would there be any reason not to...

Yeah it's pretty slick, too. Unfortunately I don't know how to do anything in CAD. I guess if nobody chimes in I could always bring a razor in to one of our engineers and see if they'd design it. ...

I have access to a 3D printer at my work and I'm fairly certain that I could arrange use of it for personal items on occasion. My question is simple; could somebody here design some scales in CAD...