Transitions Hair Solutions is creating custom 3D printed wigs for patients who have lost their hair due to disease or as a side affect of cancer treatments. By taking a 3D scan of a patients head, they are able to create a more secure fitting and more realistic looking wig that provides a greater sense of comfort to the wearer. These 3D printed wigs can even take into account the direction the hair will lay as well as the texture of the hair that will be added. Listen to the podcast here: 3D … [Read more...]
Blender CAD Software Review
Examining what Blender CAD software has to offer for beginners, students, artists, or those with a more engineering mindset because "What" you want to create can eliminate what CAD 3D modeling software you use. We've gotten several listeners who have written in over recent months as we've done other software reviews who have been saying, “How about some of the other free ones, like Blender?” Told you we would get to it. Here we are. Listen to the podcast here: Blender CAD Software Review I … [Read more...]
Solidworks Software Review
A professional package intended for commercial application, Solidworks CAD software is definitely geared towards designers in engineering. Tom Hazzard goes through the ins and outs of what makes this software program different than other parametric modeling programs and what type of designers it was created to be used by to make certain types of 3D models for 3D printing. Before I get started on today’s software package that I’m going to talk about, I do want to just make mention of something … [Read more...]
Myths About Successful 3D Print Product Designers
There is nothing that excites us more than product design, but there are more than a few myths about what it means to be a successful 3D print product designers. The first of them being, are there even any successful 3D print product designers? In a world where product is everything, are 3D print designers designing products that will sell and approaching it with the correct mindset? Tom and Tracy Hazzard set the record straight of what product design really consists of in terms of time, … [Read more...]
Back to 3D Printing School
Kids don't have to be the only ones headed back to school this fall! Now that the kids are back in school, it may be time for you to take some classes and improve your 3D Printing skills. Tom and Tracy Hazzard take a peek into how 3D printing is revolutionizing the classroom in every subject from English to History to Chemistry, for kids and adults. Listen to the podcast here: Back to 3D Printing School It is back to school time and that includes going back to 3D printing school. We are … [Read more...]
