Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 42

3D Printed Eyeglasses

Finally! Design and print your own custom specs using these tricks.

Written and photographed by Aaron Porterfield

AARON PORTERFIELD is a Bay Area-native industrial designer. His work crosses the borders between product design, parametric design, and digital fabrication.

HERE’S HOW I DESIGNED NEW 3D-PRINTED EYEGLASS FRAMES around lenses that can be made by any optometrist. Printing them on a MakerBot costs nothing compared to buying new frames.

I 3D-scanned my old lenses using my phone’s camera and Autodesk’s 123D Catch ...