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December 2015
Take the Cimquest 3D Printing Ornament Challenge
This holiday season Cimquest is hosting a fun competition to get your creative juices flowing. We challenge you to design your own 3D printable ornament for a chance to win some great prizes.
Tis the season to give your friends, family and loved ones a meaning gift and what could be better than a gift that you designed? This is your chance to create […]
Mastercam X9 External Corner Break Radius
In the video below we examine a new option in the Mastercam X9 2D contour cut parameters called External Corner Break Radius. This option eliminates manual deburring of sharp corners, requiring only a simple value entry to generate the break radius. Rather than risk deburring by a manual process or altering the part geometry, External Corner Break gets the job done in a few simple clicks. Watch the video below to see how it works.
November 2015
3D Printed Art Collection Explores Futuristic Human Form
Acclaimed artist and designer Daniel Widrig is collaborating with Stratasys to create a futuristic 3D printed art collection. The collection, entitled Descendants, was unveiled at the ‘GLOBALE: Exo-Evolution’ exhibition, which was held at ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany.
DESCENDANTS by Daniel Widrig in collaboration with Stratasys produced using Stratasys’ PolyJet 3D printing technology. Size: 1751 x 452 x 292mm (Female), 1848 x 627 […]
Reverse Engineering Solutions from Cimquest
Cimquest Sales and Scanning Services now offers reverse engineering services and Design X software to our customers and prospects. Whether you prefer to have us scan your part, or if you want to bring that process in house, we are here to help you make that happen.
Watch the video above to see how Design X, a premier reverse-engineering software can process data produced by essentially any 3D scanner in existence […]
In-depth Look at Insight Software From Stratasys
Included with the Fortus Line of Stratasys printers, Insight software gives you more power and customization over your projects. Insight controls the Fortus FDM printers from Stratasys. This includes the Fortus 250 as well as the 380mc, 450mc and 900mc Production Systems. Like Catalyst (the software that controls the uPrint and Dimension line of FDM printers), Insight will run in default mode for […]
Overcoming Challenges With New Product Development
Phillips Precision is a Cimquest customer in Boylston, MA. They are a machine shop that specializes in prototypes and light production. One of their specialties is new product development that addresses various problems.
Six years ago they bought their first CMM (coordinate measuring machine). After the equipment was delivered and placed on their shop floor their first challenge was holding the parts down on the granite table. […]