Category: 3D Printing, Case Studies One of the most rewarding things we do at PartSnap has nothing to do with product development. It’s printing bone models for veterinary surgeons. The Problem Orthopedic surgery on animals — especially dogs — is challenging for the same reason human orthopedics is challenging: bones are complex 3D shapes, fractures […]
Author Archives: Shelle Parsons
Category: 3D Printing, Product Development We review hundreds of 3D print files every year. The same design mistakes show up again and again — and they’re almost always fixable with a few simple rules. Whether you’re designing your own part in SolidWorks or sending us a file from another engineer, these five rules will save […]
Category: 3D Printing We run both FDM and SLA in-house at PartSnap. Clients often ask which one they should use — and the answer is almost never “whichever is cheaper.” Here’s how we decide. The One-Line Answer SLA when it needs to look right. FDM when it needs to work right. That’s an oversimplification, but […]