PW3d Blog

Keyboard stands like to break...

The day before yesterday, my 1.5 liter water bottle fell on my upturned keyboard. It was locked, but the force of the impact alone caused the little stand for raising the keyboard to break, and so the usual keyboard wobble started. Normally this would be the moment you buy a new keyboard because a 2.5cm by 1.5cm by 2mm thick piece of plastic with no moving parts broke. I found that somehow... wasteful of resources. So I fired up my 3d printer ...

You just have to know how to help yourself...

A mishap and "too" floating parquet are a certain problem in times of Corona. I had to take care of the baseboard in a makeshift way, but I was able to do something about the gap caused by the floating parquet: 3d printing makes that possible, too: Both are just makeshift repairs, but for now, it works fine and the tongue and groove system was great to recreate. :)

3d print: happy easter egg

Today I just printed out a bunch of Easter eggs that I hope will be a nice surprise for colleagues (when you’re back in the office sometime). Until then, I’d like to show some, I think quite interesting and successful pictures of the eggs, showing how the layer structures are built up, how something looks like at 300 micrometer layer height in FDM and that, depending on heat and material, sometimes threads form in cavities, which can be ...

New video tutorial: Some texturing methods with A:M

Animation:Master can apply different texturing methods. Some of them (pure decal stamping however is not covered) are explained in this tutorial. Especially for users of programmes from classic polygon programmes there can be some interesting things here, because known systems in A:M are explained here. Especially interesting can be the combination of A:M and 3dCoat: If you prefer to learn about decal stamping (a very intuitive system), ...

New features in Animation:Master - Bias targeting & Hair Particle System update deactivate

Animation:Master got two small but very helpful new features in the latest version, one of which I would like to show you in this video. Have fun with it:

Merry Christmas 2020 & Happy New Year 2021

And it’s that time of year again: 24 December is just around the corner and finally the day when all the stress is over has come. Covid-19 will soon even have to be renamed Covid-20 while we hopefully show the virus where the hammer hangs with the vaccine. Until then, I would like to wish you a great Christmas, lots of fun and joy and hopefully everything you could wish for under the Christmas tree. And at the same time: A Happy New Year! ...