5 Crazy Facts About 3d Printers

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5 crazy facts about 3d printers.

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1 The Pirate Bay started to share 3d models, In other words, upload your 3D blueprints, and whoever receives the file can print out the actual object.

2 Despite the fact that the cost of commercial 3D printers is still at the $15,000 level, the price of 3D printers will drop to about $1,300 by 2016. This means in the next 3-5 years, 3D printers will be accessible to almost everyone.

3 before you get a 3D object created, you need to have a 3D model first.

Now there are some very good design tools available, to create simple 3D models for printing.

Google’s Sketchup

Blender

FreeCAD

Tinkercad

K-3D

3Dtin

4 Chinese company printed and assembled 10 one-room houses in just 24 hours, Each building, which was around 650 square feet, cost only around $4,800 to make. What’s more, They used recycled construction waste and cement.

5 Robotic 3d printers will be send to mars first, to build mars bases before astronauts arrive.