3D Printed Photo Lithophane


Last week I shared that we got a new 3D printer. We've been having a blast trying new projects.


This week, my husband wanted to try a lithophane. He found the instructions on this blog: ShapeWays Tutorial Tuesday: Lightning Fast Lithophanes with Cura. For those of you new to printing, Cura is a slicing program that takes the files you download from websites like Thingiverse and prepares them for your printer. The article recommended uploading a photo in Cura, then using a program called MeshLab to simplify the print and then slice it for your printer in Cura.


So we chose a photo of our dog that had good contrast and used the settings and steps from the article. Then we let it print. 


It was mostly an experiment, and it was really fun to watch it print.


The finished print was about 4 inches square and turned out much better than we both hoped. The above photo is lit with a flashlight.


It's really amazing the detail that was achieved once it's lit. It's a bit weird looking without the backlight, but once you put it in a window, it looks amazing! I can't wait to make more of these.

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