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Choosing Colours for Your 3D Print: Single, Multi-Colour and Painted
Single-colour filament, multi-colour printing or hand painting: how each option looks, what it costs relative to the others, and which one suits your model.
How to order
Everything about ordering a 3D print: files, cost factors, timelines, sizes, colours and shipping from Kazakhstan to anywhere.
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How to order4 min read
How Big Can a 3D Print Be? Build Volumes and Splitting Large Models
Typical FDM and resin build volumes, why a 60 cm statue is still possible, and how studios split, print and join large models so the seams disappear.
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Can a Studio Print a Model I Downloaded? Licences and Commercial Use
What Creative Commons and marketplace licences allow, when a studio can print a downloaded model for you, and how to stay on the right side of the designer.
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Where to Find 3D Models to Print: The Best Free and Paid Libraries
A customer's guide to the best free and paid 3D model libraries, how to tell a printable file from a bad one, and how to hand it to a studio.
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Shipping 3D Prints Worldwide from Kazakhstan: Packaging, Timing, Customs
Ordering a 3D print from Almaty to Berlin, Dubai or Toronto? How international shipping works: packaging, carriers, transit times, customs and arrival.
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How Long Does a 3D Print Take? Real Timelines from Small to Huge
Machine hours, queue, finishing and delivery: realistic 3D printing timelines for a keychain, a figurine, a book nook and a full-size helmet, plus speed tips.
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I Have an Idea but No 3D Model. Now What?
No file, just an idea, a photo or a broken part? How a 3D printing studio turns that into a printable model: what to send, how it works, what it costs.
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STL, 3MF, OBJ or STEP: Which File Do You Send to a 3D Printing Studio?
A plain guide to 3D print file formats: what STL, 3MF, OBJ and STEP contain, which one to send, how to export it, and what to do if you have no file.
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How Much Does 3D Printing Cost? The 5 Factors Behind Every Quote
Why one 3D print costs a coffee and another a dinner out: print time, material, technology, finishing and modelling, plus tips to bring the price down.
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How to Order a 3D Print Online: A Step-by-Step Guide for First-Timers
Never ordered a 3D print? The whole process from idea to parcel: what to send, what the studio asks, how quotes work and what to check on arrival.