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3D printing · scanning · visualization

Printers, scanners, and the parts that come off them.

A bench notebook for makers, engineers and designers who actually run the machines.

3D printing, 3D scanning and 3D visualization technology

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What this notebook covers

  • Printing materialsHow filament and resin behave on a real machine — drying, warping, storage and what each one is good for.
  • 3D scanningCapture technique, point clouds and the cleanup that turns a scan into a mesh you can print.
  • Modeling softwareModelling and slicing tools, the settings that actually matter, and getting a file ready for the plate.
  • Buying guidesWhat to weigh before you spend — printers, scanners and the gear that collects around them.
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The short version

Written next to a running machine

Pixel Active 3D covers 3D printing, 3D scanning and 3D visualization for people who operate the gear — the hardware, the materials, the capture and the software in between.

It reads like a spec sheet on purpose: plain language, ranged-left type, real photographs of nozzles, layer lines and scan captures instead of decoration.

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