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3D Printing on Fabric: Some Considerations

Fabric is definitely a 2D product, but it’s possible to make it 3D by integrating fabric and 3D printing.

Researchers 3D Print Metal in Zero G for ESA

Made In Space changed the world when it installed the Zero-G Printer on the International Space Station (ISS) in late 2014.

Metal 3D Printing Buzz Attracts Entrants From Many Sources

If you haven’t noticed, there’s a small explosion of 3D metal printing equipment underway.

The Anmasi Cleaning System

Once the 3D printing is done, the post processing begins. That’s the “dirty” secret of the industry, but it’s one that vendors like Anmasi can solve.

Artec 3D Covers Both 3D Scanning Requirements

Artec 3D is a Luxembourg-based company producing handheld 3D scanners, and they have two units that seem to cover most of the requirements.

Shapr3D for iPad Pro Adds Sketch Constraints, Dimensioning and More

Right when you think everyone gave up on putting parametric 3D CAD software on an iPad, a small, rebellious group of software developers launches an app that puts those large, money-laden software companies to shame.

Texel’s Flexible – and Inexpensive 3D Body Scanner

Moscow-based Texel has produced a very “flexible” 3D body scanner called “Portal”.

The Fabricatus Desktop Engineering 3D Printer

An entirely new desktop 3D printer designed for engineering use, specifically for injection molds, has been announced today by Avante Technology.

Inspecting Polymaker’s Smoothing System

I was able to take a close look at Polymaker’s new smoothing system and found it to be very impressive.

Sophie Kahn – “I Struggle With the Assumption That the Technology Is More Advanced Than It Is”

Sophie, could you let us know about your background and what brought you into 3D printing in the first place?

The Dynasty 3D Printing Rack System from Mass Portal

Lativa-based Mass Portal has developed a powerful rack-mount system for parallel 3D printing.

Building a Sand Printer with a Laser Cutter

California-based William Osman has been experimenting with a homemade sand-fusion system based on a laser cutter that could eventually become a full 3D printer.

3YOURMIND Gets Into Metal and Goes on the Road

3YOURMIND is a fascinating Berlin-based 3D printing startup that has recently announced a couple of interesting developments.

Autodesk’s PrintOne Enables Safe Generation of 3D Printed Musical Instruments

Designing a musical instrument just got a lot simpler thanks to an experiment by Autodesk.

InssTek: Both Small and Very Large 3D Metal Printers

A Korean company is covering all the bases with a very wide breadth in their line of 3D metal printers.

Kids Might Fancy the Yeehaw 3D Printer

There are several 3D printers for children available, but none seem to go as far as the Yeehaw 3D printer.

Design of the Week: Chapstick Keychain Cap

This week’s selection is the Chapstick Keychain Cap by Thingiverse contributor mike_new.

Another Large-Format 3D Printer is Coming – With a Twist

A Croatia-based company hopes to launch a very large-format 3D printer in the next three months.

Can You Really 3D Print ANY Material?

The notion of buying a desktop 3D printer that is sufficiently flexible to print in many materials isn’t enough.

Multiple New Features in the Type A Machines Pro Enterprise Bundle

Type A Machines produces very powerful desktop 3D printers suitable for professional use, but they’ve made them even better with a bundle that includes several new features.

Another Print Adhesion Solution: FlatForce

With increasing interest in unusual 3D printing materials, a corresponding increase in adhesion solutions is occurring.

Topology Optimization for 3D Printing Hits the Cloud with Generate

As a manufacturing technology, 3D printing is only as powerful as the designs that it is used to create.

Breaking Size & Throughput Barriers with 3D Platform’s Jon Schroeder

We had the chance to ask some pointed questions of 3D Platform’s President, Jonathan Schroeder.

Electrostatic Discharge Explained

A manufacturer of electrostatic discharge protection products contacted us and it seems that “ESD” is something all 3D printer operations should know about.

PatternSpace: More Than Just a 3D Repository

There are countless small services offering access to 3D models these days, but a look at PatternSpace revealed a bit more than expected.

James Dyson Opens His Own Engineering School to Curb UK Skills Shortage

Despite drastic efforts to increase STEM education across the country, as well as a renewed interest in industrial design thanks to a new crop of product design startups in London, the number of skilled UK engineers is actually on the decline.

3D Systems Continues to Improve Their “SLABot”

We first encountered the “SLABot” in January where we were shown a rough prototype of a new style of 3D printing automation by 3D Systems.

Nanoscribe Has The Most Unusual 3D Printing Process

If you’re a student of 3D printing processes, pay attention: Nanoscribe has perhaps the most unusual process of them all.

Airwolf 3D’s New Polypropylene Solution

Airwolf 3D has announced a new adhesion solution for 3D printing polypropylene.

Dilek Sezen – “Don’t be afraid of change no matter how impossible it seems.”

The Woman in 3D Printing figure I am delighted to present in the blog today is Dilek Sezen.

MakeShaper Addresses The Replicator+

A filament producer now offers filament specifically for the new MakerBot equipment.

The Little Designer Book Hopes To Inspire Little Designers

Nestor Llanos is a 3D designer who has done a great deal pushing the envelope of 3D printing forward, but now he’s helping start others on the same path.

3D Printing Patents Can Be Amusing and Confusing

A reader pointed out an unusual patent claimed by one of companies on which we recently wrote a story.

Ricoh Working on Metal 3D Printing Technology – And Ceramics

While Ricoh has been selling their SLS-based 3D printer for over a year, they’re now beginning to move into a very different 3D printing technology.

Ricoh’s Powerful SLS 3D Printing System

To most people, the name “Ricoh” means photocopiers or cameras. Now, the company is hoping that same name will also mean “3D printing”.

Design of the Week: Monument for the 308

This week’s selection is the astonishingly huge “Monument for the 308” sculpture by Andreas Greiner.

An Excellent 3D Printed Visualization

Stratasys has produced a very interesting visualization using their color 3D printing processes.

Vendors Meeting the Need for New Plastic Filaments

In the past few weeks I’ve repeatedly seen desktop 3D printers of many brands attempting to print with unusual materials. Now it’s up to the filament vendors to meet that need.

Roboze’s Super-High Temperature 3D printer

Roboze is a small Italian company producing a very unique desktop 3D printer. You might say it’s very hot!

GE Crosses the 3D Metal Printing Finish Line, But It’s Only The Start

GE announced it had this week met its minimum requirement to go ahead with the acquisition of Arcam, beginning a new phase in metal printing.

More About MAKEiT, a 3D Printer Startup

We had the opportunity to discuss business with MAKEiT’s Shelley Sun.

GrabCAD Print Makes Public Debut

Earlier this year, Stratasys announced the launch of a new software for streamlined print management called GrabCAD Print.

Which is Faster? FDM or SLA 3D Printing?

A reader comment enquired about the general relative speed of the two major 3D printing processes, plastic extrusion and photocurable resin.

Rent a 3D Printer with Threedigo

A new sharing service proposes a method of renting remote 3D printers.

5 New, Must See Features Coming to Fusion 360

If you want to find out what Autodesk is up too, Autodesk University is the place to be each year.

Builder Solves a Now-Familiar 3D Printing Problem with the Builder Extreme 1500

Netherlands-based Builder has announced the Extreme 1500 industrial 3D printer, which just happens to solve a problem we saw last week.

Dyze’s 3D Printer Filament Sensor Add-On

A Montreal-based company has launched a 3D printing accessory that detects out-of-filament conditions.

One on One With Stratasys’ Andy Middleton: Part 2

We had a chance to sit down with one of Stratasys’ key leaders to find out what’s happening at the 3D printing giant.

Raja Skogland – “We Are at the Beginning of an Industrial and Digital Revolution Where 3d Technology Will Be Playing a Major Role”

Raja has the real entrepreneur mind-set. She has started an advisory and investment company, is board advisory member for 3 others, and invested in 7 others, in addition to being the CCO for ShareMy3D… We asked her how she does it all.

Matsuura Seems to Have Metal 3D Printing Figured Out

There are many new 3D metal printers on the market, but most of them produce objects requiring significant post-processing. But not Matsuura’s.

Polymaker’s Simplified 3D Casting System

Polymaker is one of those interesting plastic filament companies that keeps inventing unusual products. One of them is their casting solution.

One on One With Stratasys’ Andy Middleton: Part 1

We had a chance to sit down with one of Stratasys’ key leaders to find out what’s happening at the 3D printing giant.

Trinkcle’s B2B Product Generation System

I’ve always thought that generative approaches may be the way for consumers to get into 3D printing, but there’s actually another more important use.

Should 3D Printer Companies Develop Their Own Resins?

There seems to be two kinds of resin 3D printer manufacturers: those supporting open materials and those who do not.

Design of the Week: Voronoi Pearl Light Lamp No. 1

This week’s selection is the decorative Voronoi Pearl Light Lamp No. 1 by designer Gravity Shapes.

Siemens and Stratasys: More Than Just a Partnership?

I was very pleased to learn of Stratasys’ partnership with Siemens, but afterwards I’m wondering if there is more to this deal than meets the eye.

A Big Perspective On BigRep

We’ve been following the development of BigRep for some time now, and at this point the company is a significant player in the 3D space.

A Sweet Spot for Viridis3D’s 3D Printing Foundry Solution

EnvisionTEC’s subsidiary Viridis3D has been developing a unique system for 3D printing sand molds for use in foundries.

Xioneer’s X1 Has All The Calibrations!

At this stage of development, you might wonder what possible improvements could be done on a standard filament-based 3D printer. Tt turns out Xioneer has figured out several.

Carbon Dives into Ultra-Fast CLIP 3D Printing

With a stunning reveal during a TED Talk last year, Carbon quickly became the apple of the 3D printing industry’s eye.

atum3D’s DLP 3D Printer

There is no shortage of resin-based 3D printers these days, and one new option is the atum3D.

No, Not Really: Australian Drug Dealers 3D Printing Submachine Guns?

A series stories suggest that some druggies on the Gold Coast of Australia recently 3D printed submachine guns. I Don’t Think So.

Omni3D Seeks Fortus Customers

Omni3D’s Factory 2.0 Production System is directly targeting Fortus users.

3D Platform’s Powerful New Extruders

You might be familiar with 3D Platform, a company dedicated to making large-format 3D printers. Now it seems they’re working on ways to make large prints much faster.

This Insane Wood Chair Was Created Using Generative Design

While plenty of exciting developments are happening in the product design space, few are as revolutionary as advancements in generative design.

Roland’s Not-So-Secret Ceramic 3D Printer

When you think of “Roland” with respect to making machines, you think “small desktop unit”. But that’s definitely not going to be the case soon.

Concept Laser’s Automation Initiative

Concept Laser is working towards a significant automation system that could enable easy integration of their equipment into factory environments.

OR Laser’s Sophisticated Metal 3D Printer

German company OR Laser has developed a sophisticated metal 3D printer based on their previous laser expertise.

Isabel Virag – “Operating 3d Printers Is Not an Exceptionally Complicated Process.”

Isabel Virag is the Head of Product Development for Ucreate3D.

BigRep’s Shrinking!

Usually we see 3D printer companies making ever-larger devices. But now the maker of a large unit produces a smaller unit.

Has 3d-figo Figured Out How To 3D Print Any Material?

In a very tiny booth on the left side of the FormNext exhibition was a display from a one-person company that just may have figured out a monstrous breakthrough in 3D printing.

Flashforge Partners With ZW3D for CAD

A major desktop 3D printer vendor selected a CAD vendor as partner.

Design of the Week: Super Flowers

This week’s selection is the radical Super Flowers by Michigan-based Mark Peeters.

3D Printing: Shape, Check! Function, Not So Much

3D printing may be on the verge of a dramatic shift in focus as we’ve overcome one mountain, only to be faced with another.

Siemens Launches 3D Printing Software Suite

There’s no more need to say that 3D printing has finally “made it” in the world of industrial manufacturing. Now, it’s time to really make it work and to fully integrate it into the manufacturing supply chain.

SLM Solutions: We Have No Idea

SLM Solutions is a well-known manufacturer of metal 3D printing equipment, but we can’t tell you anything about them.

Stratasys’ Online Store

Stratasys made a bit of a splash with their online materials store this past week.

The DentalFab 3D Printer From MicroLay

Spain-based MicroLay has developed a new 3D printer specifically for the dental market.

AIO Robotic’s New Multi-Color Option

AIO Robotics has introduced an interesting new feature that enables basic color changing on their desktop 3D printer.

Onshape Switches Up Subscription Options, Unlimited Docs, Pushes for Pro

Well, well, well. Just as you were getting comfy with the limited private storage of Onshape’s free plan and dumping your Documents occasionally to clear room for others, they’ve gone and switched things up on you.

Microsoft’s Paint 3D: Introductory, Not Revolutionary

Windows 10 now includes Paint 3D, a simple 3D modeling program.

Variable Layer Slicing for The Ember 3D Printer: Good Idea or Not?

Autodesk has introduced something called “VariSlice” for their Ember desktop 3D printers.

APWorks’ LightRider Foretells Interesting New 3D Designs

APWorks has released a design for a fabulous 3D printed electric motorcycle called the “Light Rider”. But I think there’s a lot more to this project.

Marney Stapley – “Additive Manufacturing Attracts Some of the Brightest Minds in Tech and Innovation”

If you are in the Additive Manufacturing industry, you probably already know Marney as the Business Manager for Fabbaloo.

Get Ready; The Next Wave of Metal 3D Printing is About to Begin

In 2009 something happened that started a 3D printer boom. That’s going to happen once again.

Who Knew? Nylon PLA!

Is it nylon 3D printer filament or PLA. Actually, this product is both!

The Monoprice Select Mini Desktop 3D Printer

If you’re seeking an inexpensive desktop 3D printer and fear an unknown Kickstarter project, the Monoprice Select Mini may be for you.

ExOne Releases 3Q2016 Results With Some Surprises

ExOne is one of the few publicly-traded 3D printer companies, and its information allows us to peek at the state of the industry.

A Combination of Tools to Fix BAD STL 3D Print Files

Have you ever had a “bad” STL file? I certainly have. Fixing them is often a tricky business.

3D Printed Brackets Demonstrates a Powerful 3D Printing Capability

Netherlands-based Openplus has launched a very powerful 3D print-driven construction system for furniture.

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We announced in September a new program to provide absolutely FREE support for community projects related to 3D. You should apply now! The program is our way to give back to the open source community that has greatly supported the recent development of 3D printing technology that’s sweeping the world today. Our program involves selecting… Continue reading Action Required: Get Free Promotion For Your Open Source 3D Project