pixelplucker Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Thought this would be cool, could probably use the AM cloth sim for it. https://formlabs.com/blog/full-color-pattern-3d-prints-computational-hydrographics/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=February 2017 Newsletter&utm_source=direct&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpBeU5ERmtaalptWTJVdyIsInQiOiJhR3JTdlVmUEpxK2FDanZFbk1seE5YUnoxakpBbEpiTVwvdEVCRWFGK2ZPZ0I0QnJXSENMR2RZdWVqTlZIcnNzcXFBR01IWXlEZXRCU0FZUUE2d2tzOElINitpUlVWaUYzejdKZU5RQlB3OFFncHpIZjRzOFRcL1RRbitBRVwvYitIQyJ9#limitations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 28, 2017 Hash Fellow Share Posted February 28, 2017 Very interesting! I'm surprised the hydrographic film distorts the same way with each immersion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniac Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 I seen this done with car rims.very interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 28, 2017 Hash Fellow Share Posted February 28, 2017 I note that they are printing pretty large objects. Small placement errors won't show as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted February 28, 2017 Admin Share Posted February 28, 2017 I posted a few links last year that dive into the technology behind some of the advances in precision for hydrographic printing. Those links are well worth watching. A key part of the process appears to be that of the computer being used to determine where the seams are for multiple immersions. It's this computation that makes single application of complex detail possible. https://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47912 The cool part to me is that an ancient technology has been brought forward into modern day use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelplucker Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 Ancient technology huh? I think I have a really really old Epson printer in my back room, would that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted February 28, 2017 Admin Share Posted February 28, 2017 Ancient technology huh? I think I have a really really old Epson printer in my back room, would that count? I suppose that would depend on how you'd put that old printer to work. The underlying technology has more to do with the premise that oil and water don't mix, therefore a pattern (any pattern) floating on water (or fluid surface) can be transferred to the object (textiles/paper or pottery in bygone days) that is pressed into it. I'm not sure I can speculate how you might put a dot matrix printer to use in such a scenario short of using it to create the image/pattern that will (eventually) be transferred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted March 1, 2017 Admin Share Posted March 1, 2017 Here's a Turkish street art demonstration of the underlying transfer process. xhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azqBULCfAFk There should be other demonstrations both small and large via the other videos that appear on the page. In thinking about how this can be used with A:M... In A:M 'transfers' can benefit from the fact control points from one shape can be transposed into the same place as one from other shape. The art of marbling follows a similar idea: xhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyga8VMWXKg Added: I"d guess Starbucks employees picked up the initial idea of coffee art from seeing water transfer art... they just don't need the transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelplucker Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 It is cool technology especially since it can be done on an ordinary printer, big question is how toxic is that magical spray they have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted March 2, 2017 Hash Fellow Share Posted March 2, 2017 I've made few tests of pushing a model through some stretchy cloth. Duplicating the way the hydrographic film never folds, never slides and never drapes is a challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingVidiot Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 I spoke to those guys at Siggraph last year. Interesting and cheaper than before, but still very costly and the fluids aren't as readily available as filaments. Still seemed to be a slow process, but I could have missed something. I'm happy with the typical FDM type printers like the Cartesian-style (Makerbot) or the Delta-style (SeeMeCNC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyBrown Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Hydrographic Printing is a 3D decorating process and also known as a water transfer printing. It is very interesting way you shared here of hydrographic printing. I like it. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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