1.How do you work within the 3D printing industry?

2. Do you work as a freelance designer?

3. Which industry sectors do you work in?

4. How difficult do you find sourcing work? (From 1 (being impossible) to 10 (being incredibly easy))?

5. What would you say are the main challenges of sourcing work in the 3D printing Industry?

6. Would you find a service that links designers to jobs within the industry useful? If yes, why? If no, why not?

7. If a service that links designers to jobs becomes available, would you pay for this service? If yes, how much? If no, why not?

8. Roughly how many times in a month do you get commissioned to make a design?

9. If you have been commissioned for a design, typically how much are you paid?

10. If you could have any service in the industry that is not currently there, what would it be?

Hobby but would like to move into a career in the industry

Getting people to understand what it actually involves

Yes-As little as possible

Hobby but would like to move into a career in the industry

Creative, Aerospace, Medical, Research

3d printing is only part of the job, in the old days we made prototypes by hand out of wood or plastic, but it takes time and people don't want to wait as long anymore. 3d printing reduces the time to make a prototype, but someone still has to design it which takes time. and sometimes people don't want to take the time to properly design something with only makes more errors down the road.

Yes - some designers are relly good at one thing and not another. if they had a tool to find a job that fit their abilities it would be perfect

No- yes and no, what would work better is a system where the people with jobs paid to advertise their need, and designers could browse and pick the jobs that they can do, a designer would most likely not pay for something that they can do on their own even if it takes them more time.

1-2 per month but depending on the project, a single design can take months or years. it depends on the complexity and how fast the need is.

depends on what it is and what it is for, typically $25 an hour, and depending on complexity and size of prototype, the material cost times 2

a place for people to post their needs, where designers can bid for jobs.

Hobby but would like to move into a career in the industry

Prototypes/ Blueprint & Buildings

Finding a good source that is reliable to find the modelling work im after

Competition. There are lots of people doing the work and getting known as a good source takes time. The other is finding people with money willing to pay reasonable amount for survice. People want it for free.

No - There are already several so the area is getting crowded. Would be better if fewer and lower cost. Services take too much often more than the workers profit for very little effort.

No - Like i said already quite a few might use a really low cost service.

Not active right now when active less than once a month

In us dollars $125

Free site for connecting to customers.

Creative, Sensor technology

A lot of competition.

No - Sounds like recruitment or a generic database, both of which are quite common

No - Depends on the USPs of the service. There are so many free alternatives for what sounds like a job hunting website.

Not really in that kind of position, but once a month or so at least.

It's quite hard to think of something unique because there's quite a lot out there already

Automotive, Aerospace, General prototype as required by customers

It seems that many smaller companies (our clients tend to be small companies) aren't as familiar or comfortable with trying 3D printing until they see the possibilities and results firsthand

Yes - All information is good. The more information available, the better decisions can be made. Having a system to match projects with makers, or makers with clients, allows competition (raising quality and lowering costs) and flexibility to the client. This all becomes a process of efficiency.

Yes - Maybe $50US to 100$US per year at most. There seems to be a fair amount of smaller businesses, and, indeed, even some individuals that don't really seem to qualify as a "company", that can't afford large fees for such a service. Since the costs could probably be kept to a minimum, it would probably be better to charge equipment and machinery manufacturers a fee for listing, and provide the service at no or low cost to businesses that generate limited income, with a tiered pay scale.

Definitely not consistent, but lately it has been perhaps three times per month.

Not over £2500, but it varies by the size and complexity.

Can't think of one

Hobby but would like to move into a career in the industry

Creative, Automotive, Aerospace

Getting a custumer to Unterstand the Limits and the fact that there is still a signaficant amount of Human Labor befire and after involved

Yes - Similar to Hotels... it seems easy to sell on bookingcom but when they Start taking commission you wish for sometjing different

optimize Printer Setup: perfect Firmware setup, perfect cura setttings

Creative, Automotive, Medical

Competition and pricing.

No - These are quickly bloated up by lowballers, lowpayers, high services fees & no commitment to follow through for the employer.

No - The money spent paying to see ads, would be better spent advertising myself.

Creative, Automotive, Research

No - not me personally, but I could see it being very interesting for content creators

I usually bill my contractor in the 5000 range monthly

Hobby but would like to move into a career in the industry

Selling the appreciation of 3D printing within the aimed sector.

Yes - A one stop shop is always a good idea depending on how good it is

Yes - £10,-/month subscription

Twice. But they are coupled with production and therefore limited due to the time required to physically produce the parts