Hello Stefan and everyone!

I did my VERY FIRST and quick and very coarse test for 3D printing service!

Tese are the results.

I know that it may sound a little "boring" but for this first test I post here all my screen captures to show you the results of this test.

Ok...let's start!

1) I'me made this simple model just to have something to test.
Here you can dowload the 3Dm file : http://take.ms/OtTzD

The size in mm in Moi was : X = 43 Y = 42 Z = 34.5





2) I've exported the model in OBJ format using these settings





3) I've imported the model in 3D-Coat and voxelized it :





4) I've exported the model in OBJ format from 3D-Coat with decimation :
This is how it looks when loaded in MeshLab





5) I have finally sent the obj model exported from 3D-Coat, without any kind of tweaking, to ShapeWays

After the elaboration this is how it looks in ShapeWays and how much it costs :
The dimension are not exactly the same of the Moi file but this is not a problem for me.

This is also the integrity check made by ShapeWays : NO PROBLEM AT ALL!








6) I repeated the same test but this time sending the obj exported from 3D-Coat, without any kind of tweaking, to 3dhubs

NOT WORKED. PROBLEM WITH THE ANALYSIS OF THE MODEL :






7) I repeated the same test but this time sending directly the STEP file exported from MOI, to 3dhubs

NOT WORKED. PROBLEM WITH THE ANALYSIS OF THE MODEL :







THA'S ALL FOR THE MOMENT! .....11 USD (plus tax) is not cheap at all for 1 model :)....anyway....


Thanks to all want to share their comments about my first test :)

Ciao!