A simple vase designed in FreeCAD and printed with iPrint 3D Carbon Fibre filament.
Fused Deposition Modeling is the process in which a plastic filament is forced through a hot end that moves in a preprogrammed path. The end result is a plastic representation of the 3D object you designed.
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Almost any 3D rendering software can be used to produce an STL file. However, we favour FreeCAD, OpenSCAD, SolidWorks, and AutoCAD. FreeCAD and OpenSCAD are free, open-sourced, and relatively light weight, allowing almost anyone with a computer to get designing and building quickly.
STL files are what we feed into the slicer. The slicer does all the prep work for the printer and produces the G-code for the printer to interpret.
Technically all we need is an STL file, but if changes need to be made to ease printing or for structural issues, the original file would be indispensable.
Our printers print only plastics however some composite materials are available. We have many colours to choose from and the type of plastic can be changed depending on the application.
PLA
PETG
PLA
Woodfill (PLA + wood)
Carbonfibre (PLA + carbonfibre)
TPU (flexible material)