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Let’s watch the stars with Pierro Astro & Sculpteo

Posted By Alexia Toulmet on Oct 22, 2014

Astronomy isn’t just for research centers. There are thousands passionate amateur astronomers, who are looking for high quality stargazing equipment. That’s where Pierro Astro comes in. This France-based company offers and develops on demand products to simplify astronomy. Since most of their products meet very specific needs, 3D printing and Sculpteo’s services were the best solution to produce peculiar pieces. Discover their story....

Robot Hunt

Posted By Zach Correa on Oct 20, 2014

In time for Halloween, Sculpteo is having their first annual Robot Hunt. Find one and Tweet or Instagram about it and win 25% off your next print! All around San Francisco and Paris, we have placed hundreds of small robots in individual baggies. If you happen to stumble across one, tweet your location, with #SculpteoRobotHunt and we’ll direct message you a discount code! The same goes for Instagram, post a picture of the robot...

3D Printshow Paris Recap

Posted By Zach Correa on Oct 20, 2014

This years 3D Printshow Paris was bigger than ever. We took the time to walk around a bit and take a look at all of the exhibitions around the show. If you didn’t get the chance to attend, here’s a recap. As per usual the show had plenty of filament deposition modeling printing firms, a plethora of design firms, some individual designers, other 3D scanning / photogrammetry services, and Sculpteo – the online 3D...

Upload 25 different types of 3D file formats

Posted By Alexia Toulmet on Oct 15, 2014

Whatever 3D software you use, there is always a solution to upload your file on Sculpteo’s website! Of course, an STL file – the most common type of 3D model format – can be uploaded for a 3D printed through Sculpteo’s services with no problem. That being said there are 25 other file types you are able to upload to our site. With the following guide, you’ll learn everything there is to know about file formats, including...

Using 3D printing to land a spacecraft on a comet

Posted By Alexia Toulmet on Oct 15, 2014

The Rosetta spacecraft was launched in 2004, with the intent to give the most in depth understanding of a comet that humanity has to date. Last August, the spacecraft became the first to successfully rendezvous with a comet with the intent to orbit. Now its time for the spacecraft’s robotic lander, Philae, to make its descent and Sculpteo’s 3D printing services are helping in the process. The Rosetta project was born more than 20...

Receive 10% Off All Grey Plastic 3D Prints!

Posted By Zach Correa on Oct 14, 2014

Calling all 3D printers! From now until midnight, October 25th receive 10% off of all your Grey plastic prints. In celebration of our new grey coloring option in our plastic material, we are offering 10% off all grey plastic prints! Simply enter the code GREY10 at checkout and watch the price reduce! Remember that our plastic material is somewhat flexible and extremely sturdy. If you have any other questions about design guidelines...

Recap: Capture Paris in 3D

Posted By Zach Correa on Oct 14, 2014

The Meetup this past weekend at the Autodesk popup gallery in Paris was a huge success. Here is a quick recap of all of the event in all of its glory. It all began at with a presentation by Sculpteo’s Community Manager, Arthur Cassaignau who gave a presentation on the days proceedings. The participants were to be split up into multiple groups and head out in various directions around the city. After a quick lookaround the...

This Week in 3D Printing (Oct 3 –10)

Posted By Alexia Toulmet on Oct 10, 2014

This past week was a big one in the 3D printing world, here’s a quick recap on some of the stories we prefered… A 3D Printed prosthesis for paralysed hands The last months have seen a huge expansion of 3D printed prostheses. Thanks to initiatives like e-Nable or Robohand Project, people from all over the world can now enjoy the use of both of their hands. And the most surprising part in it is that even though these prostheses are less...

Display your 3D model on your website or blog: embed a 3D model viewer

Posted By Alexia Toulmet on Oct 8, 2014

You’re looking for a way to display your 3D file online? Sculpteo has the solution for you! There are many different options, whether you’re looking to embed your 3D file on your blog, your website, or even through WordPress using Sculpteo’s easy Embed Tool.   The Embed tool is incredibly easy. You can directly access it from the viewer of your 3D model. All you need to do is click on the small ‘Share’ icon at bottom left of the...

123D Catch Tutorial: 3D Printing your Autodesk 123D Catches

Posted By Zach Correa on Oct 7, 2014

Can’t make it to our meetup in Paris this weekend with Autodesk? Learn how to use 123D Catch app to get your 3D models printed from anywhere in this tutorial! 123D Catch app offers an easy, seamless way to get a 3D scan of any physical object you can imagine. With the app you can take pictures and generate a 3D model through the cloud without using an additional camera (or even saving all of the pictures on your phone’s...