"3D printing has modernized the way architects move through the design and iteration process."
3D Printing for Architects, Urban Planners and Interior Designers
Practical Applications
3D printing is already being used by businesses to get ahead, don't get left behind.
Make Architects: Transforming the model shop with 3D printing
Award winning architecture practice Make uses 3D printing for large feasibility studies. With Ultimaker they saw a 90% time and cost saving but the real benefit for them was a "workshop" way of working.
Renderlabs x Mosaic Manufacturing
Renderlabs helps their real estate developer customers generate and close sales leads with a modern approach: 3D printed display models. The Mosaic Palette 2 allowed them to take their business to the next level by offering their customers rich, four colour models without having to change their process.
Architectural Model Making with the Mayku FormBox
The Mayku Formbox Desktop Vacuumn Former works with your 3D printing to bring your architectural models to life. 3D printed base shapes can be vacuum formed to imitate glass or make molds for duplicating parts.
Aranda\Lasch and Formlabs Bring the World's Largest Lens to Times Square
Formlabs offers clear parts, high detail and unique geometries. Formlabs' high detail parts allow you to test concepts at scale and bring your designs to life with little finishing nor additional steps.
"Ultimaker 3D printers haven’t just sped up model production and saved costs. By automating the production of additional context models, they allow our model-makers to focus more creative attention on the site’s actual design."
3D Printing Benefits Your Business
A 3D Printer is a powerful tool to help you communicate efficiently and win clients.
Win Clients
Create stunning visual aides, done in-house with less labour, time and costs.
Reinforce Massing
See the visual impact your building makes with an accurate, scale model or see the full story with an architectural diorama.
Increase Range of Services
From concept models to functional prototypes.
Communicate better
Architectural dioramas allow you to demonstrate designs to your customers and concepts to your building partners.
Material Properties
Use the unique properties of filaments to demonstrate material properties, like marble countertops or flexible details.
Multiple Iterations
Incorporate client feedback in your 3D design and print off models as needed. Making multiple physical copies of a design is as easy as pushing a button.Bring production in-house with 3D printing
and take control of your projects.
Work in tandem with traditional models by adding unique details that would be costly and labour intensive to do by hand. Work internally and print your entire CAD models to create a strong, accurate visual model that can be updated with cleint feedback. 3D printing opens the doors to many creative uses. There are also benefits that decision makers want: reduced costs, reduced iteration time and, through Shop3D, dedicated training and support.
Have us prove the value to you.
Cost Comparison
Real parts, real savings.
| Part | External Suppliers | Ultimaker 3D Printers | |||||||
| Iterations/Model | Cost/Model | Iterations/Model | Cost/Model | ||||||
| MATT Architecture | Cityscape models | 1-2 | £400 | 3-4 | £15 | ||||
| Cost Per Part | Time per part | Cost Per Part | Time Per Part | ||||||
| Make Architects | Model Production | £80 | 24 Hours | £1 | 3-5 hours | ||||
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MATT Architecture Cityscape
Cityscape modelsExtenal Suppliers ITERATIONS/MODEL COST/MODEL 1-2 £400 Ultimaker 3D Printers ITERATIONS/MODEL COST/MODEL 3-4 £15 -
Make Architects
Model ProductionExtenal Suppliers COST PER PART TIME PER PART £80 24 Hours Ultimaker 3D Printers COST PER PART TIME PER PART £1 3-5 hours
Determine your potential Roi
Print a sample part with us, have a site evaluation or discuss your needs with our applications engineer to determine your potential savings with 3D printing.
"A 3D printed model is stronger and longer lasting. If we outsource the model making, the cost is much greater, and can take a whole day. Generally, I choose to 3D print models because it allows me to achieve certain results that I would never be able to achieve using traditional methods."
Choose Shop3D.ca
Shop3D.ca holds Canada’s largest inventory of Ultimaker OEM products and accessories both in Toronto and Vancouver.
Shop3D.ca is an authorized warranties and support for Ultimaker in Canada.
Work directly with our applications engineers to ensure a smooth and tested implementation.
Reduce iteration time and tooling costs, while moving production completely in-house.
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