3D printing solutions for mock-up production means easier logistics for companies at trade shows, detailed product presentation and speedy reach to the customer.
3D printing for mockups and architecture
– what challenges?
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Mock-ups have proved to be invaluable for product presentations at customer sites and for trips to trade shows. Companies use 3D models for advertising and marketing purposes.
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The need to accurately reflect the appearance of a product or architectural design arises in design offices, research and development departments, but also in sales.
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For creating a mockup, the best example are large products, landscaping projects and all elements with complex geometry where the exposure of details matters.
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Mock-ups will be useful where transportation of final products is not available or there is a need for conceptual work on models.
3D printing solutions for mock-ups and architecture
3D printing of mock-ups allows for very accurate representation of details.
A 3D-printed mock-up can be assembled from a number of components printed with appropriately selected technologies – depending on whether precision, strength or material realism is at stake.
3D printed mock-ups are modular and can be easily transported for sales departments and trade show participation. This means easier logistics for companies.
3D printing will allow the use of ESD, transparent, colored, impact-resistant and flexible materials in the mockup. Read more about available materials in our dedicated material viewer.
3D printers are recommended for creating architecture mock-ups: marketing mock-ups for real estate development, urban planning, conceptual and competition models, as well as for visualizing industrial equipment or production lines.
Architects and statuette makers will also appreciate the speed of 3D printing parts, so they can streamline their work with clients.
3D printing is easy to implement in architecture. No lengthy equipment training is needed – Stratasys, Formlabs, UltiMaker and BLT products are plug&play.
3D printers for mock-up creation
Formlabs Form 4
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Stratasys F170
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UltiMaker S7
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3D printing of an electricity transformer station mockup
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By reading resources in the form of case studies, you will learn more about the concept of 3D printing and consider how such solutions could be useful in your institution. We write about technologies and explain a range of technical issues.
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Example of application – case study
Read about our implementations for the Manggha Museum.
18 architectural models for Krakow’s Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology
The Manggha Museum presented an exhibition on modernism in Chinese contemporary architecture. An important element of the exhibition were architectural models depicting the realizations of design offices.
The curators of the exhibition decided to produce the models using 3D printing technology due to the fast delivery time of all objects. The 18 mockups were made on a farm of MakerBot 3D printers working in the FDM technology.
“Over the course of several days, we were able to refine the designs of the 3D models, print the elements of the mock-ups and prepare them for display at the museum.”
Rafal Gurga, 3D printing services specialist / CADXPERT
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