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About Project

It's a gift set made with two different technology: 3D printing and laser engraving. Both of them start from a few photos. The crystal is engraved with the photo of the client's girlfriend, and the block is used as the base of the sandstone statue.

Solution

• Step 1: As the material is painted during the process, the file uploaded to our website must also contain texture information.
• Step 2: The process for 3D printing in sandstone begins with a bed full of plaster powder. A binding agent is added to the area of the powder that outlines the print, layer by layer, solidifying the powder into a sandstone-like material.
• Step 3: As the binding agent is applied, a color jet, similar to those seen in most laserjet printers, injects color specific to your model. Color is added to 3D models ahead of printing with special software.
• Step 4: Because sandstone prints are created in a powder bed, there is no need for any supporting structures on complex prints. The powder in which the print occurs acts as a supporting structure for the print.
• Step 5: Additionally, because of the powder bed style of print, sandstone is not ideal for 鈥渃losed鈥� or non-hollow prints. It can dramatically raise the cost of a print as excess material will become trapped inside of the print.
• Step 6: Select the photo and send it to the laser engraver, set appropriate parameters like Material settings, Process type, Resolution, Raster algorithm. Then begin engraving.