Monday, April 25, 2016
New in AutoCAD 2017 | Print Studio
Autodesk | 3D Printing: Autodesk® Print Studio, a separate application that ships with AutoCAD® 2017, simplifies the 3D printing process to save you time and minimize waste. AutoCAD users have been able to take advantage of 3D printing since AutoCAD 2010, but unless you were very familiar with both the 3D printing process and your target device, you could easily slip into a rabbit hole of trial and error. No more.
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I’m not too familiar with 3D printing. I know how it works and how the printers work, but not going from computer to product. I think there are two sides to making it easier to 3D print directly from AutoCAD. The first is that it is great and I don’t need a lot of extras to make my model. On the other hand, there are a lot of 3D printers out there and each is unique. I can only imagine that, just with regular printers, some 3D printers have very specific, sometimes complex, driver software that goes with them. I’m interested in learning how to use the 3D printer next semester. I’ll also be interested in looking at how we go from 3D model to printed object. If it is anything like a regular printer, I’m sure there are a number of ways to do it. In the end, I suppose being able to more from one program is a positive.
First the laser cutter took over the world of model building and now 3-d printing is going to sweep in and become the main way that people render an object. Personally I have never used a 3d printer but I have seen it being used many times and it is definitely a very useful tool but I don’t think I would like to see designers making all their models on a 3d printer. Model building looks so much better when you construct and build by hand what you want at a ¼” scale. I also just don’t think the 3d cad world is ready for this leave of use. I hear so many people that complain about 3d drafting because of the processing time and the lag that comes with it. Many designers don’t have the capability or the equipment to take advantage of this technology so it is worth it for them to stick with the conventional methods. So at least for right now I’m going to stick to the world of 2d drafting and leave the 3d drafting world to developed itself a little more.
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