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The MakerBot Digitizer Desktop Scanner Copies Your World

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) To get a jump on your next professional design or to make a copy of a physical object, scanning the object is much easier and quicker than redesigning a CAD file. The MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner and software package will save time, scanning small objects in about twelve minutes. The MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner is a compact 3D tool you can use to create digital design files of existing physical objects. The device uses a turntable that will allow users to scan objects that fit in the eight-inch diameter and eight inch tall [...]

The MakerBot Replicator 2 and 2X for Prosumer 3D Printing

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) The 3D printing market offers consumers a growing number of choices for home and office fabrication, and, like any growing market, there is a prosumer line for designers that want more. MakerBot has been meeting that demand since 2009. The MakerBot Replicator 2 and 2X prosumer line of additive printing machines allows designers to take their models to the next level. The Replicator 2 is a single extrusion printer that uses PLA filament to create models in one color. It uses an acrylic build plate and offers designers a 410 cubic-inch high-speed printing area. The [...]