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I need to know anything and everything about 3d printers. Cost of unit, suppys, down sides, durability of product, best unit for the $$$ etc...

What I want to do is replicate my artwork.
 
I have a Maker Bot. As John says, check out Make magazine to see what's the latest in this area.

Here's my Maker Bot building a VW bus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5xYXddDzIo

We are currently looking at buying a couple of Solidoodles. The owner of the company was one of the principals in Maker Bot:

https://www.solidoodle.com/

I also like the new Maker Bot Replicator 2. The Maker Bot company is an awesome group of guys and the tech support and "hacking" abilities on these things is very cool.One of my students works for them; I've been very impressed by them.

https://www.makerbot.com/

I'd also recommend you look at the Thingiverse:

https://www.thingiverse.com/

One thing: you <span style="text-decoration: underline">must</span> be able to draw in AutoCAD Inventor, ProE, Solidworks, Google SketchUp (pro) or some other true, 3D parametric CAD software.
Otherwise, you won't be able to do anything.
That's usually the hardest part of 3D printing for most people.
 
aeronca65t said:
One thing: you <span style="text-decoration: underline">must</span> be able to draw in AutoCAD Inventor, ProE, Solidworks, Google SketchUp (pro) or some other true, 3D parametric CAD software.
Otherwise, you won't be able to do anything.
That's usually the hardest part of 3D printing for most people.
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Hmmm, so no one has made scanning software yet. I don't think I'll ever be able to write the piece in question. it's almost 4D.

I haven't done sutocad in years nor do I remember anything.
 
Scanning software and equipment is readily available. "Nextengine" is a popular version that includes hardware for about $3000.
But it requires the ability to edit parametric, 3D CAD software.

And just a reminder: ordinary AutoCAD 2D is <span style="text-decoration: underline">nothing</span> like the AutoCAD Inventor parametric software. The 3D stuff has a pretty steep learning curve.
 
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