{"id":154737,"date":"2022-08-19T15:48:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T19:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-cati-marketing.pantheonsite.io\/?p=154737"},"modified":"2022-08-19T17:38:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:38:50","slug":"photorealistic-3d-printing-what-you-see-is-what-you-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cati.com\/?p=154737","title":{"rendered":"Photorealistic 3D Printing: What You See is What You Get"},"content":{"rendered":"

DFAM,\u00a0short\u00a0for\u00a0D<\/strong>esign\u00a0F<\/strong>or\u00a0A<\/strong>dditive\u00a0M<\/strong>anufacturing,\u00a0is\u00a0a methodology\u00a0we regularly consider\u00a0in the world of\u00a03D printing<\/a>.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0the notion of tailoring our\u00a03D designs<\/a>\u00a0to the capabilities and limitations of\u00a0the\u00a0types of geometry\u00a0our machines can produce. It is implemented\u00a0in an effort to\u00a0speed\u00a0up print times,\u00a0optimize\u00a0part accuracy, refine\u00a0aesthetic quality, and much more. It is vital\u00a0for ensuring maximal\u00a0ROI\u00a0on our machines.<\/p>\n

But adhering to hardware limitations can compromise the artistic intent of a designer when printing a\u00a0prototype meant to\u00a0show off a product\u2019s color, material, and finish.\u00a0This is where\u00a0another\u00a0methodology, pioneered by\u00a0Stratasys<\/a>,\u00a0comes into play. That\u00a0methodology\u00a0can be\u00a0better referred to as AMFD, or\u00a0A<\/strong>dditive\u00a0M<\/strong>anufacturing\u00a0F<\/strong>or\u00a0D<\/strong>esign.<\/p>\n

Built on the foundation of over 30 years of leading in the world of additive manufacturing, the latest Stratasys\u00a0PolyJet J series<\/a>\u00a0machines afford product designers and artists nearly unrestricted access to seeing their visions come to life. That is to say, they can leverage what was once a technology relegated to the world of \u201cthis is how something should work\u201d into \u201cthis is how something should look and feel\u201d. Photorealism is absolutely crucial to being able to meet that challenge.<\/p>\n

The first requirement for photorealism is color. In much the same way that inkjet printers deposit droplets of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black ink onto paper to form images, Stratasys\u2019 J series machines rely on the same process, albeit in many layers, to create full color 3D prints. By full color, they are capable of a gamut of 500,000 colors. That\u2019s a lot. Having a broad spectrum of colors is valuable, but it is even more important that the machine can make them in a consistent manner. As Stratasys is the industry standard for 3D printing, so too is X-Rite in the industry of color management. In partnership, X-Rite has developed comprehensive color profiles to accurately ensure that what a designer has envisioned and defined with their software is what prints out of the machine. For the even more critical color applications, designers can use X-Rite spectrophotometers to create custom profiles to their specific machine. Additionally, the machines are validated by Pantone, meaning critical spot color accuracy is available out of the box to meet any brand standards or other specifications a part may require. Prior to the J series printers, this was a functionality only seen in 2D art and publication.<\/p>\n

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X-Rite calibration device<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the topic of using software to\u00a0design\u00a0photorealistic color 3D prints,\u00a0Stratasys has partnered\u00a0with\u00a0Keyshot. Another leader in its respective industry,\u00a0Keyshot\u00a0is synonymous with photo-rendering. It is used by the biggest companies in\u00a0creating\u00a0true-to-life\u00a0renders\u00a0for publication and animations for the big screen.\u00a0Many product design companies already have\u00a0Keyshot\u00a0power-users on staff. For those that are just diving into using color in their design process,\u00a0the software is as powerful as it is intuitive.\u00a0Keyshot\u00a0can import native\u00a0CAD\u00a0files\u00a0onto which a library of premade materials can be applied. If that library\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0big enough,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0easy to import digital images and labels to be mapped onto the geometry. Using a graphical flow-chart of nodes, any material can be fine-tuned to meet\u00a0specific requirements.\u00a0Where\u00a0Keyshot\u00a0stands above the competition is the ability\u00a0to export 3MF\u00a0files\u00a0with the color textures baked in\u00a0that can then be natively imported into\u00a0GrabCAD Print<\/a>\u00a0for simple print setup.<\/p>\n

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Color, material, finish applied in Grabcad Print<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keyshot is more than just a means to apply colors and textures. Photorealism in the context of 3D objects requires an additional consideration. Just like anything that can be picked up and touched, light casts shadows and causes specular highlights on shiny surfaces of 3D prints. Let’s take those graphical material nodes in Keyshot referred to in the previous paragraph. It’s possible to take detail in a texture and use a displacement map to generate physical geometry coordinated with the color textures. With Stratasys machines, today, it\u2019s possible to print tactile wood grain, cloth, and knurling.<\/p>\n

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Keyshot material graph nodes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An iterative design process is fundamental to product development. When it once took weeks to outsource a prototype for hand sculpting, painting, or even tailoring, can now be done with some design tweaks in CAD and Keyshot and sending a print to run overnight. And that\u2019s the entire workflow. Seamlessly moving from CAD to Keyshot to GrabCAD Print. That is the nature of 3D printing with the Stratasys J series machines. It\u2019s all about streamlining one\u2019s process and removing the traditional boundaries between conceptualizing designs and bringing them to life with photorealistic 3D printing.<\/p>\n

Simon Pinter
\nApplication Engineer, Manufacturing Solutions
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DFAM,\u00a0short\u00a0for\u00a0Design\u00a0For\u00a0Additive\u00a0Manufacturing,\u00a0is\u00a0a methodology\u00a0we regularly consider\u00a0in the world of\u00a03D printing.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0the notion of tailoring our\u00a03D designs\u00a0to the capabilities and limitations of\u00a0the\u00a0types of geometry\u00a0our machines can produce. It is implemented\u00a0in an effort to\u00a0speed\u00a0up print times,\u00a0optimize\u00a0part accuracy, refine\u00a0aesthetic quality, and much more. It is vital\u00a0for ensuring maximal\u00a0ROI\u00a0on our machines. 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