Tiny Piney Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Has any one used Rapid prototyping to produce a model? Can you recommend a company, preferably one that can finish and paint it? It will be a topographic model about 30 “ x 40”, and include the surrounding building if possible. This is going to be a finished model and because I have never done this before can someone tell me the quality RP produces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh1587140445 Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Check out this article on CGNetworks site. I have never done a model like that before, but this might give you some insight what you need to do on your end. Bringing 3D models to life... literally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackb602 Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Tiny, Here are a few links I've gathered for CAM services. I haven't used them though. Jack http://www.xpress3d.com/ http://www.3darttopart.com/index.php http://www.lgmmodel.com/lgmhome.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dollus Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 RP gets real expensive for site models. It is more cost-effective to have the site created traditionally and have the building run on a rapid prototyping machine on it's own. Just something to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3d-doctor Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 i'm with j.d. i did some work with rhino a couple of years ago that was aimed for a resin r.p. machine and i have also had a sideshow involvement in models where they go to a cad-cam milling setup in alloy/perspex ................. THIS WORK IS COSTALOTTA COUNTRY in time and materials fortunatly i was not picking up the tab......... i'd give strong consideration to manual techniques just as a lot of visualisers now aim for npr work modelers will aim for a machine aesthetic if so inclined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Piney Posted October 27, 2003 Author Share Posted October 27, 2003 Jack, Thank you for the links I am using lgm modeling and they gave a resonable price in the short deeadline that I had. I did not get the model back to see how it looked. I will post when they send it. They are going to mill the base and 3d print the buiildings. But so far they have very professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackb602 Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Tiny, I'm glad that helped. I'm kind of rooting for LGM (though I've never used them) simply because they're in Mintun, CO, a very small town in the Rockies that my family used to stop at when I was a kid on the way to ski trips. The LGM guys must know the Roundhouse, a great diner in town. It's exciting to me that they (LGM) can run a successfull business out of a fairly remote town and make a go of it thanks to the web. Let us know how your model turns out. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarblip Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 here is an interesting article about 3d printing where this machine can also print into the mode electronics. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/09/24/wow.tech.santa.printer/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Piney Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 LGM finished the model this week and I would highly recommend them to anyone. The model was finished on time and turned out great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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