3D Printing Shoes With Bright Future

With the development of science and technology, the application of 3D concept in the sports shoes industry has been escalating. It is no longer difficult to use the design software to create intuitive works. However, the factors that designers need to consider in the design process will be more complex and diverse, and the use of scientific and technical support tools should be more convenient.

The distance between sports brand and technology has never been as close as it is today. With the development of society, technology has brought the design and manufacture of sports shoes into a more wonderful world. The career of designer shoes has a great distance from the imagination of ordinary people.

Is there any contradiction between cold technology and emotional design? Zhang Xiaolong, a young footwear designer of Anta group, said, "designers need to balance perception, reason, efficacy and practicality. The development of technology can help designers to express ideas quickly.

Zhang Xiaolong, after 85, footwear design career lasted 4 years. The learning experience of industrial design makes it easier for him to accept digital software, so when designing shoes, he knows how to borrow advanced technology to design a pair of basketball shoes with beautiful, practical and comfortable features.

In the global shoe design competition sponsored by Delcam CRISPIN in Britain, Zhang Xiaolong presented a 3D print basketball shoe called "FUTURE" and won the silver award. The competition jury is made up of Delcam shoe experts and senior designers and media representatives from the British shoe industry. The works are from Russia, Italy, Thailand, Indonesia and China.

Traditional shoemaking has gone through complex design to finished product realization process, but with the maturity of software technology, 3D printing technology, which has been busy for many years, has also come down from the high-tech industry altar and is widely used in civilian industry. Zhang Xiaolong told reporters that the jewelry industry has been more mature in the use of 3D printing technology, in the footwear industry, professional footwear design software plus 3D printing technology, designers can quickly jump to the idea of finished products.

3D printing technology is widely used in shoemaking industry. Shoe mould Make. The model of traditional shoes requires 12 manual workers to complete in 4-6 weeks. With the introduction of 3D printing technology, only two people can complete in 1-2 days. Zhang Xiaolong designed this product using Delcam CRISPIN's 3D effect footwear design software, supplemented by 3D printing technology, which took only a month or so, and the research and development design occupied the main time.

Referee group Natacha Alpert He is a consultant from MIRAS 3D. His comment is, "this is a unique design with concise concepts and rich details." Rob Major, a free shoe design expert, praised Zhang Xiaolong for his strong creativity. The shoe's imagination is extraordinary.

"This shoes The design idea stems from architecture, taking into account the streamlined architectural sense. Zhang Xiaolong explained his design inspiration and idea. "Bionics principle, this surface texture like zebra black and white shoes can effectively reduce heat absorption for athletes."

The design idea of this shoe is inspired by Zhang Xiaolong's lessons in the American architecture studio. Architectural design needs comprehensive thinking, not only inspiration, but also the surrounding ecological environment, even neighborhood ratio. So when designing this shoe, Zhang Xiaolong blended the crossover thinking and applied the bionic theory of zebra to the design of shoes, taking into account the functions of cooling, heat absorption and air permeability.

But this 3D print shoe may take some time if you want to wear it directly to your feet. Zhang Xiaolong said frankly, 3D printing shoes can be double molded, but because shoes are hard to find, shoes can only belong to a concept shoe.