3D Design
Making 3D Printing Personal: How Faraz Faruqi Is Rethinking Digital Design at MIT CSAIL
What if your 3D printer could think more like an intelligent assistant, able to reason through a design idea, ask questions, and deliver something that works exactly the way the…
Josh Makeshift and the New Gold Standard 3D Printing Content Creation
In the beginning, 2007 or so, 3D printing videos were almost wholly absent from the web. Then, here and there, makers started to upload pictures of their rickety RepRaps and…
GKN Aerospace Adds Interspectral’s AM Explorer Software to its 3D Printing Workflow
GKN Aerospace, the UK-based leading manufacturer of aircraft components, has adopted AM Explorer, a platform made by Swedish software firm Interspectral, at its Centre of Excellence for Engine Systems in…
From Saddles to Sculptures: Hermès’ Equestrian Legacy Meets 3D Printing
A horse in the park, birds in flight, and a window that tells a story with curves and colors. This is the latest visual tale from Hermès, unveiled at Amsterdam’s…
When Design Meets 3D Printing: Shaping Real Spaces
3D printing has made its way from the factory floor to interior design studios. Today, artists and designers are using it to make beautiful objects for real-life spaces, things like…
3D Printed Heat Exchanger Specialist Conflux Technology Expands into the UK
Melbourne’s Conflux Technology, a specialist in using additive manufacturing (AM) to produce heat exchangers, is opening a business hub in the UK. The new site, which will open sometime in…
How One Student’s Need to Focus Led to a New Kind of Fidget Toy
When Roy Steinberg was in high school, he struggled to find subjects that kept his attention. As a student with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), staying focused wasn’t easy until he discovered…
Austrian Railways Inks 2-Year Digital Deal with 3D Spark
3D Spark GmbH, a Hamburg-based software company specializing in digital inventory management enabled by additive manufacturing (AM), announced that it has signed a two-year enterprise deal with ÖBB-Technische Services-GmbH (ÖBB-TS),…
3YOURMIND’s New AI Speeds Up Technical Drawing Analysis for Part Identification
German-US software provider 3YOURMIND, a longtime innovator in the additive manufacturing (AM) design space, has announced a new feature for its signature Part Identification software: a Technical Drawing Analysis function…
Jason Lopes, Gentle Giant CTO and Hollywood Trailblazer, Honored at AMUG 2025
At this year’s Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) conference in Michigan, one name stood out: Jason Lopes, chief technology officer (CTO) of Gentle Giant Studios. Known for pioneering 3D scanning…
Backflip Demo Showcases Scan-to-CAD’s Revolutionary Capabilities
Markforged founder Greg Mark’s new startup, Backflip AI, only just came out of stealth and is already making waves in the design and manufacturing industry with its AI-powered CAD tools….
NASCAR’s Legacy Motor Club Turns to BigRep for 3D Printed Rocker Extension Skirts
Legacy Motor Club, the NASCAR team owned by racing legends Jimmie Johnson and Richard Petty, recently had to produce new parts to conform to NASCAR regulations issued in the fall…
Google Co-Founder Larry Page Involved in AI Manufacturing Design Startup
Larry Page, one of the co-founders of Google and CEO of the company (as well as parent organization Alphabet Inc.) in two different phases of its history, is now helping…
China’s AM Investment Dropped 50% in 2024. What’s in Store for 2025?
China’s 3D printing sector saw a striking shift in 2024. According to data from Nanjixiong, total additive manufacturing (AM) funding in China dropped nearly 50% from the previous year, settling…
Beyond DeepSeek: Reimagining AI Integration in China’s 3D Printing Industry
China’s recent breakthrough in AI development, demonstrated by DeepSeek‘s success, offers important insights into the future of the country’s industrial AI applications. Despite chip restrictions, DeepSeek achieved remarkable performance through…
Italy’s Da Vinci Bridge Reinvented with 3D Printing and Stone Waste
Italy’s city of Bari has inaugurated a new 3D printed, self-supporting bridge that, for the first time, uses waste materials from stone processing. This structure, known as Da Vinci’s Bridge,…
Celebrating Creativity: Creality Cloud’s Annual Designer Awards 2024
As 3D printing technology continues to advance, designers remain the driving force behind the industry’s growth and innovation. Their ingenuity turns abstract ideas into tangible models, fostering progress across industries…
Additive Contractor Endeavor 3D Forms Strategic Partnership with CADMore
Endeavor 3D, an Atlanta-based contract manufacturer specializing in additive manufacturing (AM) services, has announced a strategic partnership with CADMore, an engineering design firm based in South Carolina. The partnership enables…
3DPOD 228: Filament and Print Services with Trent Esser, Printerior
Trent Esser founded Printerior with his partners and has since pivoted and redefined the company’s focus multiple times. Printerior operates as a 3D printing service that both sells and recycles…
Artec Studio 19: New Software Introduces AI Photogrammetry
Artec 3D, the Luxembourg-based leader in 3D scanning solutions, has released Artec Studio 19, the latest update to its Artec Studio software. As with all of the company’s updates to…
Print to Wear: Steve Madden Goes 3D with Hilos
Footwear is evolving. That’s how Hilos’ CEO sees it, envisioning footwear as the next big industry set to scale through 3D printing. During this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield 200…
Scanners for All Occasions: Artec 3D CEO Artyom Yukhin Explains How the Company Stays at the Head of its Market
The proliferation of 3D data has gradually transformed the entire industrial landscape so far in the 21st century, with virtually all sectors, from oil & gas to medical, relying on…
Dinsmore Gains Ability to 3D Print Functional Stents Thanks to Axtra3D
As essentially everyone familiar with additive manufacturing (AM) knows, one of the greatest advantages of 3D printing technologies is the potential to produce parts with complex geometries that are unachievable…
ADNOC Gas and Immensa Develop Digital Library for Thousands of 3D Printed Spares
A division of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), ADNOC Gas, announced it has been cultivating a digital file catalog to support its additive manufacturing (AM) efforts. In partnership…
