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Extrusion profile samples for LHL International

Seventeen extrusion profiles for LHL International, each modelled from the client's 2D die drawing and 3D printed in grey PLA, 180 mm long, for a presentation.

Client
LHL International
What they are
Samples of aluminium extrusion profiles
Started from
The client's 2D die drawings, one per profile
Order
Seventeen profiles, one of each, 180 mm long
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Different profiles, one sample of each
17
Length of each sample
180 mm
Days from approval to collection
4

What we brought

  1. What we can do

    From a 2D drawing to a part you can hold

    We turned each cross-section in the client's die drawings into a 3D model of a length of extrusion, ready to print.

  2. How we look after you

    Checked before printing

    The client reviewed a mock-up of all seventeen profiles before anything was printed, and approved it the same day.

  3. What you get

    Sized to the deadline

    We agreed a 180 mm length with the client so all seventeen could be printed in time for the presentation.

The build

How we built it

5 steps, from the brief to the finished piece. Pick a step to jump to it.

The brief

Step 1 of 5 · 27/02/2026

Profiles
Seventeen, one sample of each
Started from
The client's 2D die drawings (DXF)
Material
Grey PLA, raw print finish
Use
Indoor presentation and desk samples

At Additive Inn, our 3D printing studio in Singapore, we turn 2D drawings into parts. LHL International needed samples of seventeen aluminium extrusion profiles for a presentation. We were to model each profile from the client's 2D die drawings, 3D print one of each and remove the supports, as desk samples with the print left raw.

Design and prototyping

Step 2 of 5 · 27/02/2026

We extruded each cross-section in the die drawings into a 3D model, taking the drawings as 1:1. The first plan was 200 mm lengths. To print all seventeen in time, we agreed with the client to make each one 180 mm long.

A mock-up of the seventeen models went to the client on 27 February. The client asked for grey and approved the models the same afternoon.

  1. Revision 0

    All seventeen profiles modelled from the die drawings, each named and sized, at the first planned 200 mm length.

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Production

Step 3 of 5 · 02/03/2026

The profiles were printed in grey PLA on our FDM printers. Eleven of the seventeen were done by the morning of 2 March, and the last one came off the printer on the evening of 3 March.

Clean-up and packing

Step 4 of 5 · 03/03/2026

The supports were removed from each profile, leaving the raw print finish the client asked for. The seventeen samples were packed in two bags at our self-collection area.

A few of the profiles, close up.

The final build

Step 5 of 5 · 03/03/2026

The client's driver collected all seventeen samples on the evening of 3 March: grey extrusion profiles, each 180 mm long and modelled from its die drawing, ready for the presentation.

All seventeen profiles.

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