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(...) Yes, I've been very interested in creating CAD and RP models of "fantasy" LEGO parts (I don't know when this term was coined, but we were using it all over SIGGRAPH for some reason - definition: parts that LEGO does not produce). If you read (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) If the $75 is (mostly) from some base flat fee, then one way to reduce the $/part might be to have the 'file' being printed contain multiple parts, or multiple copies of a part. You could do the plastic 'tree' thing liek model parts come on if (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad)
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OK, I went to express3D.com and uploaded these STL files: (URL) The first one, a single 2X4, got the following range of quotes/technology: $75/3DP - 3D Printing = powdered resin hardened with liquid = e.g. ZCorp $90-150/SLA - StereoLithography (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Here's some follow-up. I sent the xpress3d.com quote info to the Rapid Prototyping discussion group I belong to (all RP Educators who take on jobs to help fund their programs). I got these responses so far: ***** I calculate the volume of materials, (...) (20 years ago, 21-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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