Shapeways 3D Printspiration

Shapeways will be offering Frosted Detail materials on a trial basis for 8 weeks. If the community response is positive, we will keep this material permanent, so be sure to give us plenty of feedback on your experiences (both good and bad) with this and our other detail materials.
Detailed information on the material properties, design rules, and printing process can be found on the Frosted Detail Material Page. Some basic design rules (get ready for a bunch of tiny numbers):

Frosted DetailFrosted Ultra Detail Minimum wall thickness 0.5 mm 0.3 mm Minimum detail thickness 0.2 mm 0.1 mm Interlocking parts accepted, gap between parts must be at least 0.1 mm accepted, gap between parts must be at least 0.05 mm Price $2.89/cm3 $4.39/cm3

The design rules for this material will evolve as we learn from your items but as a starting point above are our initial rules, keep an eye on materials page for Frosted Detail for the most current rules as this blog post will not be updated.