The authors focus on the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D printer because the FDM 3D printer can print the utility resin material. It can print with low cost and therefore it is the most suitable for home 3D printer. The FDM 3D printer has the problem that it produces layer grooves on the surface of the 3D printed structure. Therefore the authors developed the 3D-Chemical Melting Finishing (3...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this work is to use a 3D solid model to predict the mechanical loads of human bone fracture risk associated with bone disease conditions according to biomechanical engineering parameters. METHODS We used special image processing tools for image segmentation and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction to generate meshes, which are necessary for the production of a solid mod...

With this research we propose the implementation of a overlay restful API for 3D printers to expose these machines to the Internet for utilization within cloud services. This is to abstract the underlying communication structure and means for accessing and controlling a 3D printer resource which is performed in one of three ways. The ®rst method of accessing and controlling a 3D printer is via ...

The original intention of a 3D printer is to show the design idea more concretely and vividly, but there are still some defects in actual use process, such as unable print objects sufficient volume, models with colorful colors, etc. Therefore, our team tried multi-functional integrated expand printing area enrich model colors. Project Leader: Liao Jing; participants: Ma Zheng, Qian Baohui, Yang...

We develop a small and lightweight cloud based service for the utilization of 3D printer resources within an academic context. This service consists of user, artefact and printer management and utilizes existing business process management systems (BPMS) where possible and extends their functionality. It enables scheduling of printing jobs for artefacts and high utilization of 3D printer resour...

Currently, it is difficult to translate various types of image contained in print books into Braille. Furthermore, ones that have been expressed in Braille are not easily recognized by the visually impaired. The objective of this study is to develop a 3D model using a 3D printer to convert images in print books into three dimensions. Text and graphic areas in print books are isolated to extract...