Details

Depending on the material and the process, the cutting edge printers at the 3D Printing Service Bureaus can offer up a higher level of detailing and resolution than your typical home printer. This will be specific to the material you select. High Definition Acrylate would permit embossed and engraved details as small as 0.1mm. Porcelain, on the other hand, has very different requirements. Porcelain pieces finish up with a glazing process. Since the glaze adds its own thickness to the piece, it could pool into crevasses and obscure shallow details. As a result, a model geared for porcelain would need to have much deeper engravings, at least 1mm.

Find the requirements of your material   The section name could vary in the Design Requirements or Material Information Sheets. Examples from three 3D Printing Service Bureaus are shown as follows: