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Over the past few months, we have been quietly working with PrinterPrezz, the new additive manufacturing startup in the Bay Area focused on the medical field. Growshapes partnered with PrinterPrezz to help them select the right 3D scanner solutions to advance in their mission "to bring more ideas for innovative medical devices to market faster, connecting medicine and manufacturing to become the first Medifacturing™ company in the world." We helped them set up a dedicated 3D scanner room in their facility in Fremont so that surgeons, engineers and innovators can try various 3D scanning equipment and find a solution that fits their needs, whether it be design creation, reverse engineering or measurement and further explore new possibilities such as creating AR/VR applications by digitizing physical objects to create content for AR/VR applications for surgeon training. We hope the medical field will get more exposure to various 3D scanning solution through PrinterPrezz and learn how 3D scanning technology can help in their quest for innovation. Current lineup of 3D scanners being used at PrinterPrezz include the Cronos Dual from Open Technologies, now FARO, HP 3D Scanner and the Artec 3D scanner Eva and Artec Leo coming soon. Read more here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181212005580/en/PrinterPrezz-Opens-Bay-Area-3D-Print-Nanotech  Growshapes is an HP Silver Partner of HP 3D scanning solutions and the official U.S. distributor of Open Technologies 3D Scanners and Shining 3D EinScan 3D scanners.
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What does Growshapes do to prepare for Halloween? We 3D scan pumpkins! We 3D scanned this pumpkin using the HP 3D Structured Light Scanner Pro S3 with dual camera and automated turntable. Actually the pumpkin's organic shapes is more difficult to 3D scan than you think due to the top half and bottom half of the pumpkin being sort of symmetrical. If you 3D scan the top half first, then 3D scan the bottom half next, alignment can go haywire. There is a high chance that the 3D scans of the bottom half of the pumpkin tries to align to the top half of the pumpkin by the contours of the pumpkin. This tends to result in the bottom half of the pumpkin aligning directly on top of the top half of the pumpkin, ending up with a 3D scan of a half empty pumpkin that is distorted, rather than a full pumpkin where the top half and the bottom half are aligned as it should be. In order to avoid this, putting some markers on the pumpkin helps. The markers help the HP 3D Scan Pro 5 software to align the 3D scans to distinct features i.e. markers on the pumpkin, rather than just the contours of the pumpkin as it is flipped over.
So here you are, the 3D scanned model of pumpkins with and without texture.
On the latest HP 3D Scan Software Pro v5.5.1, "export fusion result to PreForm" has been added. PreForm is a software that prepares 3D models for printing on the Formlabs 3D printer.  Figure 3 : "Export fusion result to PreForm"on HP Scan Pro 5.5.1  Figure 4 : Exported fusion result of pumpkin to PreForm software by Formlabs 3D scan to 3D print is getting easier now as well! Growshapes is an HP Silver Partner of HP 3D scanning solutions and the official U.S. distributor of Open Technologies 3D Scanners - an endorsement that makes us proud. We are adding the Shining3D EinScan 3D scanners to our line up too.
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 Growshapes is proud to announce Mcor celebrated its victory of receiving the Green Award at the 3D Printshow 2014 global awards ceremony in London. Recognized for its unique eco-friendly approach to 3D printing, Mcor is repeatedly noted as being one of the most innovative 3D printers to exist.
The company was awarded for producing a stunning full color paper Durga idol that is impressive not only in detail but also for its wide array of color. Idols can now be designed in India and printed world wide from any Mcor printer which will allow people to stay further connected to their traditions. Read more about the Durga and Mcor's victory. Did you know Growshapes is an official Mcor reseller? Learn more about Mcor 3D Paper Printers directly on our website.  Visit us at the 3D Printer World Expo in Seattle during August 22-23! We will have a booth there, come by and check out our products.
Growshapes will be demonstrating the netfabb Pro 5.2 with Business Devevelopment Director Ulf Lundhe of netfabb as well as showcasing the latest from David Laser Scanner SLS2. On show will also be the Mcor True Color 3D printer which uses paper as the material and the Afinia desktop 3D printer.  
Description Learn about the latest developments with netfabb software for 3D printing, including how it uses structures to create brand new materials which do not exist in nature (biomimicry), and more with Ulf Lindhe, Business Development Manager at netfabb GmbH. It has been a year since Ulf's last presentation to our group. This is a great opportunity to find out what's new. Some netfabb testimonials (http://www.netfabb.com/testimonial.php): - "netfabb is a very significant development in software for design of parts for manufacturing using rapid prototyping technologies. The software frees the product development engineer from the limitations of complexity and file size in conventional CAD programs. We use the software for designing lightweight high performance ceramic structures with tailored macro and micro porosity." Andrew Jeffery, Founder and President, Viridis Innovation LLC, Boston MA, www.viridisinnovation.com - "netfabb’s Selective Space Structures (3S) has been incredibility useful to us. It is the only software we have found to date that is capable handling and producing large net structures required for the scale of components we produce for the aerospace industry." - “We were pleased to find netfabb a reliable and powerful software capable of producing complex lattice structures with locally tailored geometry. In the design of customized Titanium Implants, such a capability proves to be very useful in enhancing bone response and controlling the mechanical behavior of the implants. The software has very intuitive commands that enhances the creative design of structures, minimizing time and memory usage, making the production of parts with very high complexity a breeze rather more than just a possibility.” Gilbert Chahine, Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing, Lyle School of Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA http://www.smu.edu/Lyle/Departments/ME/Research/RCAM.aspx Contact growdhapes (info@growshapes.com) for special invitation
Highlights of netfabb 3D software's recently released upgrade to version 5.2 include:
For more information on each of these exciting new features related to 3D printing, click here. netfabb Professional 5 users get the upgrade for free! Simply click on the "Help" menu and select "Upgrade netfabb." netfabb Studio Professional 4.X users can upgrade to version 5.2. Contact GrowShapes for more information. growshapes and the soon-to-launch Silicon Valley 3D Printing Accelerator will be hosting an Open House this evening from 6:30 to 8:30pm at their Santa Clara office for the Silicon Valley chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA-SV).
As part of the Open House, growshapes CEO, Geoffrey Doyle will give a brief presentation on biomimicry and industrial design. His talk will focus on how the development of new structures (or combining existing structures in new ways) enables the development of new 3D printing materials. Geoffrey will also illustrate how new structures and 3D printing technologies will dramatically impact the way prototypes and products are manufactured. There will also be product demonstrations:
Registration information can be found here. As a reseller of Makerbot printers, GrowShapes is pleased to announce that Makerbot has just released a firmware update for 5th Generation Replicator 3D printers, as well as the Makerbot Desktop 3.2.1 software.
The firmware update is particularly of interest to us as several of our customers expressed reservations about purchasing the 5th Generation Replicator 3D printers simply because of the known issue with the extruders tending to jam. The major improvement is that of the filament unloading process. The intent is to prevent jamming and make the filament removal much easier. Owners of the Makerbot Replicator Z18 may also find the firmware update useful as it provides users with more accurate z-homing and more specific error messages. Additionally, Makerbot expanded the compatibility of its Desktop software. It is now available for all of the following 3D printers:
For more information, see either a 3DPrint.com article on these updates or the Makerbot News blog entries dated July 16 & July 17. |
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