I’m watching a video of a designer explaining why he’s “quitting Thingiverse”, and this poses questions about MakerBot’s Thingiverse strategy.
France’s postal service, La Poste, is shutting down their 3D model repository service on October 1st.
A tipster pointed us at a brand new service that can quickly search Thingiverse.
A new meta search engine for 3D models is available: Thangs.
If you’re seeking a 3D model to print, there’s a great place to search called Yeggi.
The US FDA has been engaged with other parties to assist in the use of community 3D printing resources to confront the COVID-19 crisis.
Turbosquid’s Kraken 3D Asset Management system provides new ways to manage 3D models online.
It turns out there are indeed some 3D models in their archive, but it takes a bit of detective work to find them.
The Smithsonian this week announced the availability of 2.8M digital artifacts for download. Are there 3D models in the repository? We took a look.
A non-profit organization offers massively detailed 3D data for multiple sites worldwide.
It turns out the Smithsonian has a relatively large (for museums) library of downloadable 3D models for 3D printing. We’re trying one now.
The Glia Project is leveraging 3D printing to bring desperately-needed medical equipment to poor areas of the globe through an online service.
Toy Rescue is a new initiative that proposes to supply 3D models of commonly broken toy parts to the public for 3D printing.
Prusa Research seems to be taking aim at capturing the crown of 3D model repositories from Thingiverse with the help of a one-touch import tool.
A Chrome Extension, Thingiverse++, can supercharge your Thingiverse 3D model browsing and download experience.
Thingiverse is the largest printable 3D model repository on the planet, but it doesn’t seem to be progressing. We know why.
Need a theatrical prop? Consider 3D printing it; but you will have to find a 3D model to do so. We present several alternatives for doing so.
What plans does the new CEO of MyMiniFactory have? We don’t know and a puzzling post on their blog doesn’t really clear things up at all.
A new strategy by some vendors to provide 3D printer profiles may backfire.
Today I am testing a new 3D model search service, 3Dfind.it.
I’m thinking a lot about Prusa’s new 3D model repository, and wondering what it might mean.
A new and potentially game-changing 3D model repository has appeared: PrusaPrinters.
Ever since the appearance of personal 3D printing, there’s been an awful problem: searching for 3D models.
We ran across another interesting 3D model repository, Hum3D.
If you hadn’t noticed, IKEA has a small 3D model repository available to the public.
Part 3 — the app. We had a chance to test an interesting 3D sprinter and software combination: the BIQU Thunder and MyMiniFactory’s new app.
Long time 3D model repository Cults has reached several significant milestones.
There are plenty of sites to find fabulous pre-made printable 3D models.
London-based MyMiniFactory opened their online 3D model store last month.
I had a difficult thought today: what is to become of several specific 3D model repositories in the future?
MyMiniFactory is well known for their now-huge site providing a wealth of printable 3D models, but now they have an app, too.
Google announced what will likely become an enormous 3D model repository.
I’ve bumped into an unusual 3D model meta-repository that permits searching by a very different method.
A 3D model respository seems to specialize in 3D printed costume items, but is this really feasible?
Two seemingly unbreathable barriers hold back 3D printing from general use in homes around the world.
I’ve been perusing PARTcommunity and found access to an incredible number of 3D part models.
There are countless small services offering access to 3D models these days, but a look at PatternSpace revealed a bit more than expected.
Earlier we wrote a story on LayerTrove, a new Scotland-based startup that happens to be selling unlicensed 3D content. But how often does this occur? It turns out to be astonishingly frequent.
LayerTrove is a Scotland-based 3D model store who have just launched a 3D models series that may bring them troubles in the future.
If you’ve ever stood in the shower wondering if you could be sued because you made a certain 3D model of a certain brand of car, wonder no more.
Skriware launched late last year with a reasonably successful Kickstarter campaign, but where are they now?
3D model repository service Threeding has announced a new partnership that’s resulted in a large number of animal anatomy 3D models.
There’s an insidious problem growing in the 3D model marketplaces: search. And it sucks.
I’ve been pondering who was behind the rescue of 3D model repository Pinshape, and now we know who it is.
Everyone knows Thingiverse, it’s the largest printable 3D model repository around. But what are some other ones to consider?
It’s a very tough business these days running a printable 3D model shop, but 3DShook seems to be experimenting with a variety of different shopping methods to overcome the challenges.
There are countless web-based 3D model repositories, but none are quite like Wevolver, who focus on actually doing practical something with your 3D prints.
Based on how the 3D print industry has evolved, it is now our opinion that it’s next to impossible to successfully launch a 3D model sharing site.
We received a note from Kwambio who apparently have launched a new 3D model/print service.
If you’re a new 3D print artist, how should you go about distributing your works? We found several alternative strategies.
3D model repository Formsfield has taken an unusual step to recruit designers for their product shelves: they’re guaranteeing payments!
MakerBot’s in-house 3D model repository made history this week by achieving what no other 3D printable model site has done: one million models!
We’re checking out Sharestation 3D, a site dedicated to 3D printed electronics projects.
3DKitbash is a 3D model community dedicated to printable models, but their inventory includes some interesting twists.
3D model community MyMiniFactory announced they’ve now attracted over 100,000 registered users.
Let’s face it: most desktop 3D printers are pretty dumb. But now you can add some smarts to your device with the MatterControl Touch.
A Chicago-based team of designers has launched a new 3D model repository focused on well-designed 3D printable utility objects.
Threeding.com, a rapidly expanding 3D printing community and marketplace, recently joined forces with Artec 3D
3D Hubs has landed yet another interesting partnership, but we think their deal with TurboSquid could be an important milestone.
A small startup called STL Hive hopes to become the hub for 3D models for “students, hobbyists and inventors”. But we found a lot of RC and Robotics models.
Recently we wrote of a newly encountered 3D model repository, dayin.la, which holds plenty of interesting 3D content, but now it seems the site has used some models without permission.
There’s no shortage of online sources for printable 3D content these days, and another good option is Pinshape.
We found a large repository of free 3D models, but there’s one catch: its pages appear in Chinese. But that’s not a problem.
3D model repository Cults announced a partnership with 3D Hubs that involves integrating the community 3D printing network directly into Cults’ repository.
It’s another week and there’s another batch of new online connector services for 3D models.
While we were amazed at MyMiniFactory’s current operations during our recent tour, what’s even more interesting are their plans for the future.
We recently visited MyMiniFactory headquarters in London where were quite surprised to see the scope of their operations.
Artficial is a new source for interesting 3D models and prints, focusing on historical sculptures.
Tired of searching the usual repositories for great 3D models? 3D Shook has an offer we think you might like.
Need another spool of 3D printer filament? You might want to check out MyMiniFactory’s latest offer.
Canadian operation Voovo hopes to provide a different method of accessing 3D print services.
Tired of Thingiverse? Unfulfilled at YouMagine? Perhaps you’d like to try Wamungo, another 3D model repository.
A new 3D model service hopes to offer something for both designers and consumers of 3D models.
It’s been discovered how to obtain 3D models of items within McMaster-Carr’s massive parts catalog.
Today MyStemKits launched on Kickstarter, with the goal of providing effective 3D prints for educators.
A “hobby project” provides downloads of items based on Bungie’s Destiny game.
A museum in Lincolnshire, UK, has made available highly detailed 3D scans of many of their works.
The Dodo Bird is definitely extinct, but only in reality. It’s alive and well in the 3D world.
3D modeling service SketchFab has changed their policy on public STL model downloads.
In an unexpected corporate move, 3D printing industry giant announced its acquisition of GrabCAD.
We’ve been testing out a new 3D model search service, 3DShap.es, which hopes to search by geometry instead of by text.
The US space agency NASA has released two dozen printable 3D models of spacecraft and alien worlds.
We’re checking out another 3D model repository that’s specifically designed for printable 3D models: Redpah.
Several readers suggested we check out Magicube, a new repository for free 3D models. So we did.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) has opened its own public repository of printable 3D models.
3D model repository Threeding has done something interesting: they’ve created an app.
With controversy brewing around the most popular 3D model repository, Thingiverse, some ask what alternative repos may exist. We found more than a few.
We’re checking out a new 3D model repository that recently launched: Redpah.
We had a peek at format’s new technology in NYC earlier this year, but now everyone can make use of it as they’ve just launched their new 3D print site.
With the huge number of personal 3D printers being sold, one wonders where 3D models will be found to print on them.
3D printers may permit the creation of almost any object, but what object? The key to success is now good design, such as we found in Bhold’s collection.
At CES this year we were quite impressed with a gigantic dollhouse filled with 3D prints. Little did we know there was more to the story.
We’re looking at a new service for 3D printer owners and users, Maker6. The site operates primarily as a source of 3D models, prints and
Another 3D model repository focused on printable 3D models has surfaced: 3DAGOGO. This service is new and has a very limited set of models
We bumped into another printable 3D model repository: Bld3r. The site operates as a kind of meta-layer over top of other repositories, but brings it
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Welcome to Fabbaloo, one of the world’s oldest online news sources for 3D printing news. We’ve been in operation since 2007, where we first started examining the state of 3D printers. These devices are now relatively common among some circles in today’s world, but years ago it was extremely rare to see a 3D printer or even a 3D printed object.
At that time it was challenging to find any 3D printing news, so we decided to make our own site that covered 3D printer news, and even associated technologies like 3D scanning and 3D modeling. Today it is common to find 3D printers in schools, workshops and makerspaces, and you probably have been using 3D printed objects without even knowing they were 3D printed.
Today’s industry has finally taken up the challenge by installing thousands of industrial 3D printers, each producing previously impossible 3D printed parts that make today’s society far more efficient. The aerospace industry in particular has been producing many 3D printed parts, some even for flight critical purposes.
If you want to learn about 3D printers, then there’s no better place than Fabbaloo’s 3D printer news to see the latest happenings.
