In the world of 3D printing, there is no limit for your complexity of design ideas because any complicated models could be 3D printed. The first step in 3D printing process is to provide shape to your design ideas. There are a large range of free and professional CAD (Computer Aided Design) softwares available to create digital design model or existing objects could be 3D scanned to produce digital models. Commonly accepted file formats of digital models by 3D printers are .stl, .obj.
3D printing otherwise called additive manufacturing is a method of manufacture where layers of a material are built up to create a solid object. The digital CAD model is sliced into micro layers (varies from 20 micron to 200 micron millimeters) using slicer software (cura, simplify3D, slicer3D, etc.,) before fed into 3D printers. 3d printers machine speed, feed and material melting temperature parameters are all set by slicer software.
3D printing technology is rapidly growing and widely being accepted by Aerospace, Automobile, Medical, Arts and Jewellery applications.
