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ZBrush female sculptures - 3D print

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#1

I know this is nothing special, and that you are all familiar with this technology, for me it was an opportunity that I never thought will happen to me.

I was asked if I know what the .SLT file format is and if I can provide one I can get a 3D demo print. So I exported my ZBrush tool of standing female and converted it in Max to a .STL file.

All of my ZBrush sculpts were just WIP on base model of a female, so I had no finished tool to export, but I was so excited about the opportunity that I just exported the first two sculpts in the list.

So I got my first 3D prints of something I sculpted with computer and I will do anything that there are not the last one.

I am a traditional sculptor, but now ZBrush has a completely new meaning in my sculpting process.

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#2

eheh this is simply lovely! :smiley:
i’d love to see my sculpts in reality as well :slight_smile:
good job there :+1:

#3

Very nice!:+1:
How pricey is this kind of prototyping ususally?

#4

Wicked! Indeed, do share some details!

#5

Please share as much as possible, I have been in contact with a Cape Town based compant - Z Corp - who do these 3D Prints… who big can on go on poly’s as this has been my problem, I have hard software crashes on Rhino when trying to convert files to .stl format, may be my hardware is to limited… but this will open the doors to a new world, as they can apparently split the model into printable sizes which can then be assembled to form a larger model.

What make of printer was yours printed on?

Ziggy - Namibia

#6

For those interested… the new DVD at gnomon from Zack Petrock shows the process from a zbrush model to a 3d print.

I’m going to give this a shot as well… it opens a lot of possibilities to use 3d print this way…

just need to find a company that can print something at a reasonable price.

Peter

#7

Thanks Peter, will check it out right now… should strat a post on this development…

Ziggy - Namibia

#8

As I was told my prototype was printed on Dimension 3D Printer - Elite, it has a layer thickness of .178 mm and Build size 20x20x30 cm, it uses stronger ABSplus plastic. You can find more technical data and specifications on their website: http://www.dimensionprinting.com/printers/printing-elite.shtml

I was told that my model should have as many polygons as possible to produce fine surface - my model has 860000 active point (not much), and the finest detail was NOT reproduced on prototype prints, on a larger scale it would be just fine but my prints are small (11 cm) - and maybe for demo their didn’t use the finest setup on print quality. You can see layer lines with your eye, but you can polish it out.

I will try to take a photo of a detail, but is hard to achieve a sharp focus on this plastic material and good lightning is needed for the layer lines to be seen. Will try.

#9

Thanks for all the info… are the costs very expensive to print a model and what would one do with the product to finalise it… electro plating a option or is their a easier and cheaper way?

Sorry for all the questions, but I see you have all the experience as I have visited your site, love your work…

Regards Ziggy.

#10

some details
(is realy hard to take a good photo of this material - it seam that singel layer is rounded at the edge and it reflects light in all directions, so no autofocus was possible)

this is a close up of top of the arm where the form is slowly rising (almost flat) - the printer has obvious problem with amount of detail on the curvature of the form - the layers are fully visible and the structure of a layer is not solid (it’s like a net, overcrossing lines)
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#11

Can’t you sand off those marks?

#12

that’s normal with a 3d printer.

I cannot find it, but look for the thread of I forgot his name who made the small sculptures they gave away to the first buyers of zbrush 3.1 at siggraph this year.
You can sand of the banding and polish the sculpture if you like…
Peter

#13

Interesting to look at those close-up’s. Thanks Realtime!

I wish there was a well-documented website gathering all current data on 3D-printing…

#14

Every home should have one…a 3d printer! :wink:
I have been working with 3d routers latley, same basic principal.
Here are some things I printed a while ago. The body is styrene and hands, head and boots [provided by ZCentral member Tim Leydecker] were done in wax at a higher resolution.

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#15

yes, you can sand and polish the sculpture, you can use knife, glue, … paint … whatever you need to finish the sculpt

I was just pointing out the layer lines and marks on a surface as their come out of the printer, because one of ZBrush benefits is the fine detail on a model witch on a smaller size 3d prints is not reproduced

I agree - everyone should have a 3d printer !

I remember when we were kids and we draw with ‘0’ and ‘1’ on ZX Spectrum - and then one day came the guy with portable B&W printer for Spectrum - wow, he was the coolest. This days everyone has a color printer …

… so I am already planning where to put it … I would definitely give up drinking cool beer for this machine …

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:smiley: :smiley:

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#16

Hello.

I like your 3d print. Real nice. I’m also planning to do some 3d prints, but the quotes I got was a little above what I’m willing to pay for a print. I’ve seen in one of your pics of the legs that the inside is X-hatchet if I can call it that. How do U do that. Or alternativly, how can I make the model hollow. This is to that the printer uses less “ink” to print.

Thanks.

#17

hey pride.

That looks pretty good?
Are the wax boots made woth a router?

I have a cnc router myself… but for sculptures I would need an extra axis.
I have a 3d router…
For scultures you would need an extra rotating axis.

here are some examples on a router with an extra rotation axis.

venus-milling.jpg

here’s a page with the example. http://www.deskproto.com/gallery/venus.htm

I think I’m going to see if I can add the extra axis to my machine. The big plus of using a router in stead of a 3d printer is that most 3d printers don’t support very big objects.

Peter

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#18

Very cool stuff you guys!
3D printing is going to completely change the face of sculpting - or at leats throw the doors open wide for all us slushy clay people who still want to touch our work :wink:

S

#19

Both done on a Z-Corp printer.

You can get price quotes from different service bureaus as well as have your file analyzed to see if it is good (water-tight) candidate for a print at [Xpress3D](Xpress 3D.com)

Below another from a Z-corp printer…
Other processes can get better detail… info on that at the Xpress3D.com site.

#20

this 3d router staff looks interesting

but can the 3d router handle a sculpt that is dynamic and not so compact in composition, like this one:

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