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you could also look at casting it. I think make a negative in wsf, pure wax in and then use that to cast.

I made a Christmas ornament ( http://www.shapeways.com/model/72555/g1.html ) that I showed to two friends and they both wanted versions in stainless steel to give as gifts. It should be about 18.4g of weight (about a third of a candy bar). The loop on top is 6mm on the inside to allow a finding to go through. You can make that much smaller if you have access to someone who can add a finding to the necklace bit AFTER you've put the...

Thanks I'll have to agree with what you said.. but perhaps in the future it may be possible!

Take a look at the tutorials: http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/ and the "Designing mechanical parts" series at the end of the page. 0.6 mm should be ok for White, Strong & Flexible for the minimum space, but it depends on the form. I was lucky with my model with 0.5 mm clearance: http://www.shapeways.com/model/2258/ I think for a chain even less space could work, because there is not as much contact area as with...

Sweet ^^ And is there a minimum space between rings to have a proper separation ? Does it change anything if it's printed in metal ?

If you're looking for that detailed a model, then 3-d printing is not the proper technique. You might want to consider milling the coin, or die-pressing. I really like the idea, though!

Apologies for necro-posting, but this does seem to be thread to post this. Obviously, I got a non-manifold error when trying to upload to Shapeways. I watched the "how to fix manifolds" video (which assumes I know my way around Blender), read this thread, and tried to fix it on my own. I saved the file as .dae and opened it in meshlab. I ran "Remove non-manifold faces" and "Remove non-manifold...

Hello everyone! I am having an issue with my 3D file. I made this file here and got a manifold error. I researched the problem and tried fixing it but I didn't get far unfortunately. I even contacted support and they tried to assist me but still no luck. I was then referred to the forums. Hoping someone can help! So basically, this is supposed to be a keychain with a little hole going through at the bottom left to place the string/chain...

Hi! I haven't used 3D Studio for years so I don't remember how it show incorrect edges/faces but if I "read" your screenshot right this might be helpful. It cooould be a case of 2-point polygons hiding where there should only be an edge.. Try selecting polygons around the problem edges to see if you can select one (or more) polygons that just has two endpoints. If that's the case, the easiest solution is...

Hi xfachx, the problem you had was duplicat surfaces. I've cleaned it up for you and it's all ok. if you're happy leave a comment here http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=1584&a mp;a mp;start=0&S=84d23310f0a191b03f0e84a6ddb39740 Regards V http://www.dotsan.com Attachment: Dotsan NF.stl (Size: 57.11KB, Downloaded 1 time(s)) [Updated on: Wed, 16 December 2009 13:13 UTC]