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December 2017
True and Full Color 3D Printing
We live in a color world. We see everything in color. Whether you’re a designer, engineer, architect, artist, animator, student, doctor, healthcare provider, entrepreneur or consumer – you live, think and imagine in full, living color.
Why 3D print in color? For professionals, most products are designed with the look of the product being paramount – how will it stand out over the others on the shelf? Shape is also very important, but color is one […]
Sandvik Prime Turning Install
Let’s go over how to download and install the new Sandvik Prime Turning module for Mastercam Lathe and Millturn. This innovative new system integrates both specialized cutting tools and toolpath engineering to produce phenomenal efficiency gains in material removal rates.
The first thing you need to do is log into the Mastercam website and then go to the 2018 Downloads landing page. From here, select […]
HP 3D Printing Open House
Cimquest will be hosting an interactive 3D Printing Open House featuring the HP Multi Jet Fusion Technology. Come take a look under the hood of our new Jet Fusion 4200 and experience the printing process from start to finish. We’ll show you how you can make production quality parts at a greater speed and lower cost per part than other systems. At the event, you will have an […]
Reverse Engineering a BMW Speaker
Reverse Engineering has many purposes, one of them being to recreate parts or components that are no longer manufactured. With straight-forward mechanical components, this can be accomplished with a variety of measuring instruments. This task can quickly become more complex though, if the part takes on more of a freeform or ergonomic shape.
To serve as an example, the president of our company recently had one of his speaker covers broken. Despite the fact that this […]
HP 3D Printing Webinar
HP is offering an informational 3D printing webinar tomorrow afternoon – The Advantages of Designing for MJF Instead of Injection Molding. During this webinar, they will discuss how designing for MJF can optimize costs, free the engineer of constraints imposed by injection molding, and accelerate the development process through delivering production quality parts at the prototype phase and enabling rapid iteration.
Attendees will understand how keeping in […]
3D Printing Conceptual Models with Formlabs
3D printing conceptual models is a great way to save time and money early on in the development stage. Engineers can use printers as a sketch pad to build and test out various iterations, and determine necessary adjustments to improve the design.
Functional parts take prototyping to the next level, allowing engineers to test models for form and fit and to see how they perform in […]