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Setting up and printing a building on the phone?

To always stay one step ahead of the fierce competition, COBOD, the current leader in building 3D printing, has released its first building 3D printer app, available on iOS and Android as well as a web app on the company's website. In the era of 3D Building 2.0, this configuration looks to make building 3D printing more accessible and fun.

To always stay one step ahead of the fierce competition, COBOD, the current leader in building 3D printing, has released its first building 3D printer app, available on iOS and Android as well as a web app on the company's website. In the era of 3D Building 2.0, this configuration looks to make building 3D printing more accessible and fun. 

Setting up and printing a building on the phone?

Users interested in the largest home 3D printer on the market can now configure and design their own printer to meet their specific architectural needs. In the configurator, they will also find a detailed overview of what the future construction site will look like. The company also integrates printed simulations of buildings of all sizes and shapes, from the first BOD building to PERI's 3D multi-storey residence in Germany.

Setting up and printing a building on the phone?

This configurator can help strengthen COBOD's role as a market segment and technology leader in its efforts to broaden the market and bring automatic 3D printing to a wider range of people than ever before. Using configurators makes anyone feel like they can really build a house with the push of a button. That may not be the case now, but it will be.

Setting up and printing a building on the phone?

Users can start by configuring their 3D printer to modify the width, length, and height of the build volume. Interestingly, no one has created a similar configurator even for standard polymer 3D printers, which may not be a bad idea. Another interesting aspect is that the Z-axis of COBOD's building 3D printer is not only measured in meters, but also in floors. Also, another very attractive element of the configurator is the maximum set length of 47.5 meters.

Setting up and printing a building on the phone?

After setting up the printer, the user can select a building type from a model library that reflects projects completed by COBOD worldwide. After selecting a model, users can simulate the entire 3D printing process -- even within a virtual community -- to speed up printing and view construction progress in real time.

Setting up and printing a building on the phone?

In the future, not so far away, it will be more common and possible to track your own home project or the construction of a professional building site from the comfort of your home computer screen. A decade ago, the idea of printing a house was not only far-fetched, it was borderline fantasy. But now 3D printing of buildings is becoming a real industry, and this is what COBOD refers to as 3D Building 2.0.


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