The User Guide to Nesting
Nesting Explained Nesting is unique to us as a way of saving money. With other companies the more densely you pack your file the more expensive it is at the checkout. Not with us. Nesting is most beneficial when you have a part that has a lot of excess space inside the bounding box it [...]
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Tinkercad Tutorial: Introduction
For this Tinkercad tutorial, we chose to design a wrench. It’s a familiar and simple shape, and is useful in daily life. If you haven’t seen a wrench before, it is used by mechanics for tightening nuts and bolts. Here’s what one looks like:
Spruing Tutorial
Spruing: Sprues are a way to get around this minimum part cost – a sprue is just a small rod that connects the parts together, this removes the minimum part cost. Sprues are only necessary in this instance, not for example, if you have 5 parts that have a bounding box of 100x100x100 mm3. Sprues […]
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Converting to STL Format
Converting to STL Format Here is our definitive list of 3D modelling programs and how to output from them for 3D printing. If you have any problems with these methods or use a program that is not on the list please contact us and we'll do our best to help. What is .STL format? [...]
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The Basic Rules for STL Files
The basics Rules for STL files 3D printing may seem limitless, but there are a few things that it, or the materials that it uses, can’t do. Here is a quick guide of how to avoid a few no-no’s when designing your model. 1. Draw in solid bodies, not surfaces, they’re easier. 3D printing cannot [...]
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Converting to millimeters (mm)
Why convert to mm? 3D printers require STL files to print from. An STL file is a universal 3D file that you can convert to from almost any 3D CAD package. The main issue is that all CAD packages are different, some use mm, some use cm, some inches (mainly US software packages) and architectural [...]
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