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3D

From idea to object. Modelled and printed.

We model and print in 3D – for exhibitions and for your project. A rough idea, a photo, a sketch or a finished CAD drawing: we take anything and turn it into an object you can touch. And because we develop innovative media and exhibition technology ourselves, the print can, if you wish, become an exhibit that makes sounds, lights up and responds.

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Orange 3D-printed mine telephone with a rotary dial and black handset on a round plate on an illustrated exhibition wall showing hills and a village; protective film from the installation still around it

Mine telephone for the exhibition on the Mining Region World Heritage Site – during installation, still under protective film.

Starting point

A rough idea or a CAD drawing – we take anything.

You don’t need to know how to build a 3D model. Bring whatever you have – we’ll do the rest.

A rough idea

A sentence, an object from storage, a “something like …”: we develop a design from it and agree it with you before anything is printed.

Photo, sketch or reference

A historical photo, a hand sketch with dimensions, an original to take measurements from: we model from it and add whatever is missing.

A finished CAD drawing

STEP, STL, OBJ or the format of your CAD software: we check the model for printability, adapt it if necessary and print.

3D printing + media technology

3D printing meets media technology.

That is what sets us apart from a print service: we develop innovative media and exhibition technology ourselves – drawing on more than 480 projects. We combine the two into exhibits that people can touch, hear, operate and experience. We plan the technology into the model from the outset, build robustly for many hands and install on site.

Sound & speech

Handsets, speakers and language selection in the printed housing: visitors pick up, dial and listen.

See the mine telephone

Touch & sensors

Buttons, rotary knobs, cranks and sensors in the object: the model responds when you touch it, turn it or lift it up.

Sensors

Projection

Printed models and reliefs as a stage: film, graphics and data mapped precisely onto them – from city models to landscapes.

Projection and space

Objects on the media table

Printed objects that a multitouch table recognises: place one on the table – and its story appears.

Media tables

Augmented reality

The tablet recognises the printed model and shows what you cannot see: inner workings, movement, history.

AR and VR

Light & control

LEDs in the print that highlight parts or respond to visitors – switched together with the entire exhibition via gemControl.

More on gemControl

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Close-up of the printed mine telephone: housing with ventilation slots and screw heads, rotary dial with the abbreviations DE, CZ and EN, next to it the handset on its hook and a metal hose as the cable

Example · Mining Region World Heritage Site

A mine telephone you can pick up.

For the exhibition on the Mining Region World Heritage Site, we recreated a mine telephone: housing and rotary dial modelled, printed in signal orange and mounted on a round plate on the illustrated exhibition wall. Visitors use the rotary dial to choose the language – such as German, Czech or English. The housing comes from the printer, the sound from our media technology.

  • Modelled in the style of underground telephones – with screw heads, ventilation slots and cable gland
  • Printed in signal orange, mounted on a round base plate
  • Rotary dial for choosing the language, handset on a metal hose
  • 3D printing and media technology in one exhibit – technology and installation also by us

Process

Four steps to your object.

From the first conversation to installation in the exhibition – all from a single source, if you wish.

  1. Discuss

    What should the object be able to do, where will it stand, who will touch it? That determines size, material, colour and surface finish.

  2. Model

    We build the 3D model – with mounts, cable routes and space for technology, if the object is meant to do more than look good.

  3. Print

    We print in a colour and material suited to the purpose – as a one-off or in a small series, and if you wish, first as a sample you can handle.

  4. Connect & install

    We fit the object with our media technology – sound, sensors, light, projection – and install it in the exhibition. Or we simply deliver it.

Applications

What we model and print.

Reconstructions & replicas

Objects that exist only once – or no longer exist at all. To touch and use without putting the original at risk.

Models & reliefs

Buildings, landscapes, machines – to scale, as tactile models or as a surface for projection.

Controls & housings

Buttons, handsets, cranks, rotary dials and housings for sensors and electronics – made to fit the exhibit.

Tactile objects

For visitors who see with their hands: tactile models, reliefs and labels.

Spare parts

The broken-off part you cannot buy anywhere any more – re-engineered and printed.

Prototypes & small series

First a sample to handle and fine-tune, then as many pieces as you need.

Send us your idea – or your drawing.

A sketch, photo or CAD file by email is all it takes – feel free to tell us what the object should be able to do. We will get back to you with a proposal for how it could turn out, and what it will cost.

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