It may seem a little bit far-fetched, but 3D printing of house plans is now enabling customers to purchase and view their house plans in 3D. The latest printing technology can use software files to convert your house plans or blueprints into an actual physical model of your home. It is great for home builders and architects to be able to get a 360-degree view of a house plan with more details of the actual home to be built.
Online house plan provider, The Plan Collection (www.theplancollection.com) James McNair said, “Our customers often ask how they can get a better visual of what their home will look like once it is built. It seems many home builders can’t visualize how floors stack on top of each other.”
The company has introduced the first in a series of house plans with 3D printing by selected this six-bedroom home to highlight the openness of the floor plans. This enables you to take a 3D printed model of your home to your building site and then determine the best orientation for the home plan. This to-scale model from The Plan Collection (TPC) offers a three-dimensional image of a traditional house plan.
Once a TPC customer finds a floor plan they will have an opportunity to order a 3D file, ready for printing which they can then take to a local printer. Home builders can use 3D printing to print out their plan. The to-scale model allows users to quickly understand how these floors work together as a whole. Since this is the first in a series of house plans with a 3D printing option, TPC offers the 3D printer version of the files at no charge if customers purchase a CAD File construction package of this plan.
When it comes to the best printers for 3D printing, a MakerBot will work. It is a popular manufacturer of consumer 3D printers. although not many people have 3D printers at home yet, there are many 3D printer services in cities nationwide.
This innovative 3D printing is still at its very early stages but in the future, this technology could revolutionize the way people build houses. Some potential benefits are that homes could be built to order, and it would mean fewer wasted materials in home construction, and less transport of materials and products.
To learn more about 3-D printing visit: http://www.theplancollection.com/learn/3d-printing-of-house-plans
