Paris, January 27 - 2011
A mini-you - “Made this Side of the World” and mailed
to you in 3 clicks!
The democratization of 3D printing is taking a new step forward. All you need is a few
days and two pictures - front and profile – and you can receive a true-to-life figure 7 to
10 centimeters high, courtesy of Sculpteo.com and its easy technology!
In the olden days, you would order prints of your family snapshots to give away or stare at
yourself. But now, you can order figures of your loved ones and receive an actual character
with all the right volumes and colours within a few days. With Sculpteo.com, it’s now possible
to transform a digital file into a tangible object and have it popped into your letterbox,
affordably and quickly. Today’s Internet no longer means dematerialization – it’s quite
the opposite! Today’s Internet can mean matter, weight and volume.
Sculpteo.com can produce personalized figures from ordinary photographs.
How does this work?
Simply go to Sculpteo.com, upload 2 photos (front and profile) of the person you want.
Sculpteo’s artists interpret the visuals to generate a 3D model which is then sent to the user
for approval. You can even pick its clothing and colours.
The web user then receives a real-life figure (7 to 10 cm high) through the post, made in
France using Sculpteo.com’s 3D printers.
A personalized figure on Sculpteo.com - from 59.90 €.
The user retains ownership of his modelled character and can order as many additional
figures as he likes (30 euros per 7 cm figure from a digital file already modelled in 3D).
For more information: http://www.sculpteo.com/fr/avatar-introduction/
Sculpteo media contact: Jean-François Kitten jfk@sculpteo.com +33 6 11 29 30 28
Visuals available from www.sculpteo.com/press
Sculpteo.com
By addressing both the general public and professionals, Sculpteo.com aims to provide
highly intuitive, user-friendly online interfaces to simplify the transition from concept to reallife object. This innovative pooling of resources, made possible by bringing together the best
3D printing technologies and power of the Web, has allowed the Sculpteo.com platform to
revolutionize the production of objects for all by making unique items affordable, with
unmatched criteria in terms of quality, speed and cost (20 to 200 euros on average).
Sculpteo.com: solutions for professionals and individuals
A professional or individual wants to create a useful or decorative object.
- The user can design the item himself with 3D software (it’s similar to drawing, when
you use an application such as Google SketchUp).
- The user can also use a 3D file available on the Web: many objects and buildings or
monuments already are (files available from 3dvia.com or the Sculpteo.com gallery
among others).
- And soon, users will have the option to use a mere Smartphone to photograph
objects in their environment and generate a 3D file for direct use.
It’s very easy for Sculpteo users to edit or customize the items they want to have produced.
Selecting material, colour or monochrome printing options and the object’s size is all done
online. The price is calculated automatically.
Ordering your product is as simple as uploading a file to sculpteo.com the item is then delivered directly to your address. Shipping is available throughout Europe
within 6 days.
Understandably, design agencies, architectural firms or scale-model enthusiasts were
Sculpteo.com’s first users, a great step forward in making rapid prototyping more accessible.
But from fitted kitchen layout to research or even jewellery, gaming or interior decoration, the
use of “e-manufacturing” has become more democratic, allowing access to the kind of items
once reserved for major aerospace or automotive firms.
A new manufacturing process that “onshores” production
Your object isn’t crafted somewhere in a dark sweatshop in the Far East – it’s made in one of
our two production units, one not so far from the Eiffel Tower and the other in the Pyrenees.
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About 3D printing
3D printing is a method of producing a real-life object from a 3D file, by building and
solidifying a material layer by layer until the finished item is obtained. This technology
is geared at anyone who wants to turn concept into concrete, imagination into reality.
The virtual object becomes a tangible item, which can be handled and placed in reallife situations.
3D printing is an element in the custom-made trend - claiming the right to
individuality and personal expression. Technology puts us back in control of the
selection, modification or creation of the objects around us, be they utilitarian or
strictly ornamental.
3D files – or digital models – are geometric representations of a product. As with
word processing software, there are many different 3D-design applications available,
free or not, all over the web. Similarly, there are multiple 3D file formats. The most
common are obj, 3ds, stl, skp… Sculpteo.com handles them all.
About Sculpteo
Founded in 2009, Sculpteo offers a fully online 3D printing service – from the upload
of your 3D model to the final object - designed to make this new technology easy and
accessible to all.
Sculpteo employs 10 people in France across two 3D printing facilities - one in
Vanves, in the Paris area, and one in Arreau, in the Pyrenees.
Sculpteo markets its 3D printing platform services in North America and Europe.