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Paul
I recently had some module mounting brackets 3D printed in China - very successful, but a big learning curve
I have always used Sketchup for 3D design but it's not that easy to export from the free version of Sketchup to a format that 3D printers can work with
For panel design, Front Panel Designer works well, but it's 2D only. I ended up working out the project in Sketchup and translating the file for the 3D print.
I recreated the front panel in FPD and imported the logo (a TrueType font) as an HPGL file. That worked well for the panel makers
There are some 3D scanning tools for the iPhone but you'll need to do some cleanup of the file before printing it. As the knobs are relatively small it might be more successful to send it out - or send a number of knobs out - for hi-res scanning & cleanup and using those scans for 3D printing
Nick Froome
I recently had some module mounting brackets 3D printed in China - very successful, but a big learning curve
I have always used Sketchup for 3D design but it's not that easy to export from the free version of Sketchup to a format that 3D printers can work with
For panel design, Front Panel Designer works well, but it's 2D only. I ended up working out the project in Sketchup and translating the file for the 3D print.
I recreated the front panel in FPD and imported the logo (a TrueType font) as an HPGL file. That worked well for the panel makers
There are some 3D scanning tools for the iPhone but you'll need to do some cleanup of the file before printing it. As the knobs are relatively small it might be more successful to send it out - or send a number of knobs out - for hi-res scanning & cleanup and using those scans for 3D printing
Nick Froome
