D printing creates solid objects from the additive process of layering plastics, metal, wood, synthetic fibers, and more.

The results from your 3D printer may be improved if you use a dedicated enclosure for the job. This is particularly helpful for printing certain materials which are more sensitive to cold drafts or ...

As rapid-fire advances enrich the 3D-printing landscape, file formats have to keep pace to support these changes, or there’s a risk of neutralizing further progress. In the beginning, there was the ...

At the big 3D Print Week event last month in New York City, Hewlett-Packard (HP) alluded to a big announcement related to 3D Printing file formats. A week later, at the Build 2015 event, Microsoft ...

STL files are everywhere. When there’s something to 3D print, it’s probably going to be an STL. Which, as long as the model is good just as it is, is no trouble at all. But sooner or later there will ...

The world is seeing an influx of futuristic and life altering industries emerging all across the world. One of the most talked about buzzwords of all these buzzwords is 3D printing, which if you’ve ...

Medical 3D printing refers to the fabrication of anatomical structures, typically derived from volumetric medical image data, and enables visual inspection and direct manipulation of hand-held models ...

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