3D Printing is a wonderful craft, and people should know that some really important lessons that one can get from 3D printing.
Biggest Lessons from 3D Printing:
- Models are more than a screen, they are more dimensions than a monitor can provide. When we only see the screen it can really hinder our discern between 2D and 3D . 3D Printing forces you to think true 3D.
- Structure is always present, even though modeling software doesn’t show it, it communicates when models are realistic. Models that can’t support themselves may look silly if they are to be a building or industrial design.
- Texture make models tangible, though 3d prints have a basic texture, feeling it brings it to real consideration. You can use many looks and feels in 3d printing, so the material aspect will have greater meaning.
- Materials informs model understanding, as opposed to just images selection of 3d printing filament improve your modeling, connections and composition. There is more plastic, more metallic, even see through materials, that you can add to your arsenal with 3D printing.
- Fixing Model details increases your innovation, because you end up making models neater and more efficient. It’s easy to get stuck in bad modeling habits, so this will help you stay grounded.
- Printing models helps your communication, everyone loves holding models so this is a great gateway to a new way of speaking. 3D Models are in the end about communication, so why not get models out and start conversations?
- Sizing models for printing helps your sense of scale, whether a few inches or a foot long, models that will be made real will make you think more about real scaling of the model. On the screen distorts many opportunities to understand a model, so 3D versions keep you grounded
- Planning for real 3D makes you a better designer, and should be done by everyone. 3D Design takes a lot of time, so why not use that time to do quality real models. It will make you more valuable and better at design.
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