When you have an invention idea and want to bring it to life, you may hope to find and hire a mechanical design engineer to help you. But your project is not a long-term project, or you are an individual, so you don’t want to hire a full-time engineer. In this case, hiring a freelance …
When you want to hire a freelancer to do some design work, there is a problem-How to pay your service provider safely? You need to find a way to pay for services. If you and the freelancer are friends or you have cooperated before, usually this is not a problem. You can use some online payment services …
One day you may have a good product concept or invention idea in your mind. You want to develop it and take it to market-but how to do that? If your idea is about a physical product, you can read this article to understand the simple process. You will find the first step is translating the product …
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COVID19 continues to spread around the world from the end year of 2019. To stop the coronavirus, many countries have to implement travel restrictions, ban gatherings, close schools, work from home plan, etc. At the same time, a lot of doctors and nurses are fighting against the deadly pandemic. But shortages of necessary protective equipment …
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You have a great idea about a physical product and you are excited about realizing your idea. But maybe you are not skilled in that and don’t know how to bring idea to life. Especially if you are a hobbyist or inventor, you are eager to turn your ideas into reality. Then maybe you have …
Using a threaded fastener is a popular and effective way to assemble 3D printed parts into one piece. Many threaded fasteners are used in injection molded, traditionally machined and 3d printed parts. With these metal parts, we can assembly and disassembly products many times. Because most 3d printer owners are not mechanical engineers, we will try …
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To bond 3d printed objects together is necessary when you print a large object. All 3d printers’ capacity is limited. When you print a large object that exceed your 3d printer’s platform, you will often need to split the model into separated objects and join or assemble them together after printing. In this article, we …
When you have an idea and want to bring the idea to life, the most important thing is to manufacture a product prototype of your idea. There are two options. Option one, you can try to buy some machines, such as 3d printer, CNC machine, mini machines, and then make a product prototype/mock-up by yourself. You need some professional …
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After a 3D print finishes in a single color and you want to make it colorful or add some patterns, hydro dipping is a great post-processing technique that can help you to do that. Not only can the pattern be added on flat surfaces, but it can be freely added on 3D curved surfaces. So it is …
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What is 3d mesh model When we speak of a 3d mesh model we normally refer to a polygon mesh model. A mesh is a graph which defines a 3d shape. A 3d mesh model consists of vertices, edges and faces. Usually the faces consist of quadrilaterals, triangles or other simple convex polygons. A face …
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