Our team has been thrilled the past couple weeks as we have had a chance to play with the brand new Autodesk 3D Printer (part of the Spark platform). We have seen many 3D printers here at MadeSolid, even built a few of our own, and we are impressed with the precision and fidelity of their printer. If this is the future of consumer 3D printers, then the future is very bright indeed.
With SLA Printing exploding on to the scene this year with a multitude of kickstarter projects, it’s great to finally see what the heavy hitters like Autodesk are bringing to the plate. Almost immediately this feels like a machine that has been engineered to go beyond the current generation of SLA machines. Here are the big perks we have seen so far:
1) Speed
The peel process is swift. The light source is powerful and monochromatic. This makes for a very quick print speed. The entire peel process plus the cure time with our Black MS Resin is 5 seconds flat for a 0.1mm layer. That makes for a very fast build rate 72mm an hour. And because it’s projector based (DLP) the cure time won’t change for bigger prints.
2) High Resolution
Resolution is 50um in the xy and we’ve tested the z resolution to 20um, which means the Autodesk printer is comparable, in terms of resolution, to some of the best SLA printers out there and beats a lot of the rest. Check out the detailed photos below.
3) Maker Friendly
The Autodesk printer is a machine built to be hacked and is friendly towards makers. This printer isn’t locked in to any particular material settings or cartridge system. Additionally it is much easier to develop algorithms with pixel by pixel and layer by layer control. All we can say, it’s about time! All in all it has been very easy to use all our resins and to create high detail profiles. This is a positive trend that will bring much needed innovation into the 3D printing materials world.
So far, so impressed. We are excited to get more prints out with some other colors. Stay tuned!
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