Odd that this has come up as I have just ordered an identical item from sculpteo and SW to compare their process. Right now my biggest complaint with SW is their slow processing time.
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I remember, wish I knew what's gone wrong over there. It's gotten so bad lately I've pulled my stuff for sale and sent them an email.
On their request, I just sent them a fairly length email including pictures of there products for a side by side comparison with 2 other print services. Hate to pull stuff, but when a company can't even print a circle as a circle.... comes out oval shaped...
On their request, I just sent them a fairly length email including pictures of there products for a side by side comparison with 2 other print services. Hate to pull stuff, but when a company can't even print a circle as a circle.... comes out oval shaped...
i sure wish gdeal would give imat a try 
while the pieces coming from sculpteo look great, it's always nice to have a second option and sw no longer fits the bill
while the pieces coming from sculpteo look great, it's always nice to have a second option and sw no longer fits the bill I've not heard of imat before, have a link Tibs? This is one of the picture I sent Shapeways....
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we used imat to print the shells for the tibs
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i still get their promotional emails - for the offer below the code is VDAY10
3D Printing Service i.materialise | Home
i still get their promotional emails - for the offer below the code is VDAY10
Ok, I've look at them also Tibs, but I think the real limitations of I.materialise is the fact they wont post models for sale that you haven't first printed for yourself.
I can't speak for Gdeal, but for items such as mine where they are all basically the same, just "mix n mached pieces" that form a "new" model, this limitation gets expensive and wasteful.
Even prohibitive as designers wouldn't be able to just upload a group of replacement parts someone needed as an individual model to purchase, without first purchasing it themselves.
I've written to them about this and they seem pretty firm on sticking to it.
I can't speak for Gdeal, but for items such as mine where they are all basically the same, just "mix n mached pieces" that form a "new" model, this limitation gets expensive and wasteful.
Even prohibitive as designers wouldn't be able to just upload a group of replacement parts someone needed as an individual model to purchase, without first purchasing it themselves.
I've written to them about this and they seem pretty firm on sticking to it.
pretty sure gdeal orders a sample anyhow before releasing a print but it might not be feasible in your case
Tibs, if you remember, we also had a problem with IMat, remember they had to reprint the black doors?
My caffeine level must have been low last night. It's 2015 now. I meant early summer of last year, which was 2014.
yes, we did
but the reprint was done without a problem and one might hope that quality gets better as time goes on. this seems to be the case with sculpteo and just the opposite with sw.and thinking back - the problem with imat was caused by improper packing more so than bad print quality!
Odd that their prices are so high given the exchange rate.
Glad I ordered my 2.1 from Sculpteo yesterday!
However, the original estimated ship date was 1/22. Now it's 2/2.
Are the production and shipping time frame estimates usually this conservative?
edit: now the date has gone back to 1/22, lol. Guess I'll get it when I get it.
However, the original estimated ship date was 1/22. Now it's 2/2.
Are the production and shipping time frame estimates usually this conservative?
edit: now the date has gone back to 1/22, lol. Guess I'll get it when I get it.
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i finally found the picture i was looking for
the difference in print quality struck me then and with sw getting even worse i think it's worth posting here. i know gdeal is not impressed with imat but maybe they could be pushed?if not sculpteo is the only option unless there's another 3d printing company we haven't found yet
lines on the right of me!
have we looked around if there are other options? and the higher prices are understandable - the dollar is stronger so they get less euros for it in the exchange
Whew! Glad I ordered three of them before the increase!
Next is the GDna.... I'll have to jump on this asap it seems!
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