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Colour 3D Printing Design Guide

Prepare colour 3D models by understanding printing categories, processes, file formats, scanning methods, colour assignment, and texture mapping.

3D Printing · Design · 20 pages · PDF

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    PRACTICAL TAKEAWAYS

    What you’ll learn

    The guide brings the following topics together in one downloadable reference.

    • Full-colour, multi-colour, and post-process colouring
    • FDM and Multi Jet Fusion context
    • File formats for colour 3D printing
    • CAD, scanning, and photogrammetry workflows
    • Colour assignment and texture mapping

    GUIDE CONTENT

    Inside this guide

    Review the main sections before downloading.

    1. Introduction to colour 3D printing
    2. Applications
    3. Methods and technology
    4. Full-colour and multi-colour printing
    5. Post-process colouring
    6. FDM and Multi Jet Fusion
    7. Creating files for colour 3D printing
    8. 3D CAD, scanning, and photogrammetry
    9. Colour by object and face
    10. Texture mapping walkthrough
    11. Additional resources

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