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Interlocking circles texture rollers

€1.44

Astrid - Articulated Doll

€2.98

CHRISTMAS/WINTER SNOWFLAKES ROLLER PIN stl file

€1.63

Snowflake | Stamp embosser | cookie | clay | fondant | polymer clay

€2

Snowflake | Stamp embosser | cookie | clay | fondant | polymer clay

€2

Wooden Planks PBR Texture

€11.45

hammered mosaic

€8.90

various textures x4

€1.90

Iron PBR Texture

€6.87

Cardboard PBR Texture

€11. 45

Mason Men ring All seeing eye

€25

King skull ring

€25

Lion Skull Ring

€25

Blue Fabric PBR Texture

€11.45

Vegvisir skull Pendant

€25

Vegvisir skull ring

€25

Lion skull ring 2

€25

Organic monograms ring pattern

€20

Ring pattern 020821

€25

Lion skull pendant

€25

Ring pebbles

€25

Ring ARCHANGEL GABRIEL

€25

Japanese Dragon Ring

€28

Wet Sand PBR Texture

€11. 45

Japanese carp and waves Ring

€25

Two Japanese carp and waves

€25

Skull ring 1601

€25

Skull ring with respirator V2

€25

King Skull Ring V2

€25

Skull moon sun ring

€25

Skull moon sun pendant

€25

Ring of Zeus god of thunder

€25

Pendant of Zeus god of thunder

€25

Dragon Religion Ring

€25

Moon craters ring 5 mm

€15

Skull ring and smoke in a circle

€25

Tiger ring

€25

Ring 300622

€10

Ring Movement

€10

Spear Ring

€25

Razor blade ring

€15

Ring 220822

€20

Green Carpet PBR Texture

€11. 45

Ring All seeing eye circle

€20

Vampire Skull ring many sizes

€25

MORIOR INVICTUS Ring Many sizes

€25

LITHOPHANE HEARTLAMP (I LOVE YOU)

€2

Wolf and Lion Lamp

€2

Texturing 3D-Printed Parts | Resources

The benefits of applying textures to injection molds are well known — they allow companies to curate the aesthetic of a product and avoid expensive post-processing operations. Designers can control how matte or shiny their molded part is and cover imperfections such as flow lines or sink marks left on the A-surfaces of the part.

Textures can also impart functional benefits such as improving grip and paint adhesion. Companies like Mold-Tech have books full of sample textures that make it easy for designers to flip through and choose a suitable finish. Many teams use standard set of textures to ensure a common design language throughout their product lines

Did you know that you can also texture your additive parts? Doing so provides many of the same benefits.

Improved surface finish

Parts produced using rigid plastics on Carbon DLS can be susceptible to a visual effect known as “aliasing”. While this does not impact part performance, it may be undesirable from an aesthetic perspective. Adding a light noise texture can remove this effect without dramatically altering the part’s aesthetic.

Noise texture (left) compared to raw surface with visual aliasing (right)

Functional benefits

As with injection molding, textures can be added to parts to achieve functional improvements. For example, we often use medium to coarse noise textures to add grip to handles or clamp interfaces.

MPU spray nozzle with textured handle

While injection molding employs expensive etching processes to create textures on physical molds, additive manufacturing makes use of digital design tools to apply textures to part files, making the process cheaper, faster, and more flexible. To simplify the process for designers, Fast Radius has developed a set of standard textures such as noise and leather.

Renderings of “Hex Wide Negative” texture from the Fast Radius standard texture offerings

The beauty of additive manufacturing and digital design is that the possibilities are infinite. The process of texturing involves applying a 2D grayscale depth map to a part and offsetting the surface accordingly. In other words, if you can apply a depth map on the surface you desire, you can texture it! This new process enables customers to develop custom textures that would be either incredibly expensive or nearly impossible to create using traditional etching processes.

Cost-effective texturing

Screenshots of texturing software showing the grayscale depth map applied as a 2D texture (left) and then converted to a 3D textured mesh (right)

Another advantage of digital texturing is that it is inexpensive to iterate on both part designs and textures compared to molding. Instead of creating an expensive textured mold and having to machine and etch an entirely new one if the part is modified, we can simply reapply the texture to the updated design file. Similarly, it is easy to request samples of your part with different textures applied to hone in on the best one for your application.

Ready to incorporate texturing into your 3D printed parts? Download our Standard Texture Offerings or contact us to discuss your custom texturing needs.

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“Raise3D's IdeaMaker 3D Printing Slicer recently implemented a new feature in the latest version 4.1.1 called texturing. It allows you to “wrap” a grayscale image around your part, and depending on the gray value of the pattern (template) during printing, the shape of the outer contours changes . .. "

*This function can be used to decorate the surface of a printed object, but what about durability?

“To make the thin steel surface more durable, manufacturers add 'stiffening ribs' to their parts, thereby increasing the resistance to deforming loads.

Look at this piece of paper. In its original form, it can barely support its own weight, but if you add a few folds, the same sheet becomes an order of magnitude stiffer and stronger ... "

“But back to 3D printing. We are primarily interested in the "vase mode" - printing a part in one contour (without filling) in a continuous spiral.

In this case, with simple shapes, the parts are very fragile.

And one more thing: you may have already seen that simple forms also tend to deform a lot during printing. The larger the printed object, the more pronounced this effect.

The material also affects the amount of deformation. You can see this least of all with PLA, because it doesn't "shrink" much, but once you use PETG or ABS, this effect is in full effect: flat as well as curved surfaces are heavily deformed. Why is this happening?"

“The thing is, in 3D printing we print in layers. Each new layer is superimposed hot on the previous one and while it cools, it shrinks and “pulls” the already cooled previous one…”

**For the same reason, delamination of ABS parts occurs. To solve this problem, you need a printer with an active thermal chamber (heated), which reduces internal stresses during printing.

“ideaMaker's texture engine helps us make thin-walled parts more rigid and printable. Texturing allows us to add relief to our parts without having to manually create it in CAD. This option adds the minimum amount of material because the "outline" lengthens a little, but increases the rigidity in the way that we need ...

…If you've never used IdeaMaker, you can download it for free. Once installed, simply browse the online library to see if there is a profile for your printer. If not, then just look for something similar, and then adjust the settings. It's just as easy to import a part and select a texture icon: add a pattern by selecting one from the library or upload your own. Just make sure you can make a "seamless" texture out of it."

“To create a texture, just google ‘pattern’ and you will find many that may suit you… In the menu you can select the blend mode you want to use for your part to project the texture and also scale and rotate the pattern according to your needs."

“…Not every texture will stiffen your part! Depending on the type and orientation of the pattern, it can either increase or decrease! This is a whole science (Bead pattern design for lightweight structures)…

“…Adding a nice hexagonal pattern on the outside of the cylinder (“pipe”) already strengthens it a little, but if you add the optimal horizontal pattern, it becomes much stiffer! You may not find the perfect pattern right away, but the ease of use of the texture module will help you try out different options very quickly. ”

Source: "Texturing 3d prints in ideamaker for strength"

Download IdeaMaker: Download IdeaMaker

Texturing Guide: Texturing Guide

*, **, *** - translator's comments.

Slicer with simulation functions. ideaMaker major update / Habr

Raise3D announced the release of a new version of the free ideaMaker software, the main feature of which was the texture creation function.

ideaMaker is one of the most advanced and versatile software available for most FDM printers. The program is constantly updated and improved. Among the latest important updates is the creation of textures for models.

In essence, the texturing capability turns the ideaMaker slicer into a 3D modeling program and allows you to skip time-consuming model processing in CAD programs, generate a 3D texture directly from a 2D image and apply it to the surface of the printed model.

ideaMaker allows you to automatically convert any image into a 3D texture that will be printed as the surface of the model. This greatly expands the possibilities for working with the appearance of products, making it more complex and unique. Patterns, shapes or logos can be transferred to the surface of the model.

The creation function can easily turn any 2D image into a 3D texture on the surface of the model, and will facilitate the creation of products in many areas, especially where a unique design is required. For example, when developing digital products such as headphones, controllers, car interior parts, art products, home goods, architectural elements, computer mice and much more. With the new ideaMaker capabilities, you can easily create different iterations of the same STL model by applying multiple patterns.

In addition, the imposition of some textures can help increase the strength of the model and protect it from deformation.

A great example is textured with the Print+ headphone set, which is 3D printed in PLA.

Texture Advantage

ideaMaker Texture is easy to use and saves a significant amount of time compared to 3D modeling programs. This function is clear and accessible, including those who are taking their first steps in 3D modeling.

3D print textures

Texture best 3D printer files・Cults

Interlocking circles texture rollers

Astrid - Articulated Doll

CHRISTMAS/WINTER SNOWFLAKES ROLLER PIN stl file

Snowflake | Stamp embosser | cookie | clay | fondant | polymer clay

Snowflake | Stamp embosser | cookie | clay | fondant | polymer clay

Wooden Planks PBR Texture

hammered mosaic

various textures x4

Iron PBR Texture

Cardboard PBR Texture

Mason Men ring All seeing eye

King skull ring

Lion Skull Ring

Blue Fabric PBR Texture

Vegvisir skull Pendant

Vegvisir skull ring

Lion skull ring 2

Organic monograms ring pattern

Ring pattern 020821

Lion skull pendant

Ring pebbles

Ring ARCHANGEL GABRIEL

Japanese Dragon Ring

Wet Sand PBR Texture

Japanese carp and waves Ring

Two Japanese carp and waves

Skull ring 1601

Skull ring with respirator V2

King Skull Ring V2

Skull moon sun ring

Skull moon sun pendant

Ring of Zeus god of thunder

Pendant of Zeus god of thunder

Dragon Religion Ring

Moon craters ring 5 mm

Skull ring and smoke in a circle

Tiger ring

Ring 300622

Ring Movement

Spear Ring

Razor blade ring

Ring 220822

Green Carpet PBR Texture

Ring All seeing eye circle

Vampire Skull ring many sizes

MORIOR INVICTUS Ring Many sizes

LITHOPHANE HEARTLAMP (I LOVE YOU)

Wolf and Lion Lamp

Texturing 3D-Printed Parts | Resources

Improved surface finish

Functional benefits

Cost-effective texturing

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