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3D Printed Mannequins, R2-D2s, Guitars, Drag Racers, & More at MRRF 2023

I’ve heard about it for years, but this summer, the stars finally aligned and I was able to attend a much-lauded 3D printing event in Goshen, Indiana: the annual Midwest…

3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS: 3D Systems Releases Updated Metal 3D Printing Software Platform

At the TCT Show this fall, 3D printing industry leader 3D Systems was busy highlighting its software solutions, including the integrated metal additive manufacturing software platform 3DXpert. The software, which offers…

3D Printed Rifleman Mech Steps into the Real World

The popularity of Mechs doesn’t seem to fade away. Not a long time ago, we found out that one of our customers took Silver at Gen Con MHE painting competition with…

British Designer Loubie Adds 3D Printed Sorceress to Her Portfolio

The 3D Models of Loubie vary to offer everything from grinning pumpkins to knighted pigs to singing serpents, frog dolls and far more. The British 3D artist (also known as…

3D Printing Art: Complicated Opportunities

3D printing is being used by artists, curators, museums and galleries worldwide to create works. Designers, sculptors, digital artists, painters and people new to the art world are using 3D…

D3CRYPT3D Software Aims to Provide Security For 3D Assets and Intellectual Property

One of the biggest hinderances lingering throughout the 3D printing community is the lack of security for intellectual property of 3D models. The glaring issue has plagued users of 3D…

Fleet Hower’s 3D Printed LOCKNESTERS Puzzles Take on a New Look and Feel

There’s no denying that 3D printing technology has impacted a number of fields in a multitude of ways, particularly on the industrial level. But, when it comes to desktop 3D printing…

Don Those 3D Glasses Before You Buy! Treatstock Lets You See Models in Color, Metallic & Perfect View

The Treatstock team, behind one of the most unique 3D printing marketplaces you’ll see today, has exactly what most of us want to see in a company within the industry—they…

Designer Kurt Plagge Creates Unbelievably Complex 3D Printed Cubes With i.materialise

The cube: it’s one of the more simplistic geometric shapes we know of, equal in width, length, and height on each of its sides. Yet despite its basic nature, this shape…

Shapeways Overhauls Its Designer For Hire Program with a New Marketplace Style Platform

While several software companies are working on creating easier to use CAD programs that will simplify and streamline the 3D design to 3D printing workflow, unfortunately the learning curve for…

Buy or Sell 3D Models and Even Offer Local 3D Printing Services with Treatstock

There is a new 3D model marketplace on the block, and while there are no shortages of those these days, the Newark, Delaware startup called Treatstock is bringing something new…

Swiss Designers Drzach & Suchy Play with Shadows and Light and Win i.materialise’s Designer of the Year Award 2015

In November, we wrote about how i.materialise was sponsoring a Designer of the Year Award for 2015. This competition has been going on annually since 2013, and in the past it has…

iMakr is Building a 3D Printing Wizard Army and Is Looking for 50 Designers in the UK to Join It

When iMakr announced the hiring of their new CEO, Eric Savant, the company expressed a lot of excitement about the directions their dynamic new leader would take them in. Savant hasn’t wasted…

i.materialise: Designer of the Year Award for 2015 Goes to…?

One of the great things about 3D printing is how it inspires the imagination to make previously unthinkable objects. In fact, some 3D designers say they would not be able to even conceive of certain…

Newly Launched aoku3D e-Boutique Offers High-Quality 3D Printed Consumer Goods

The English translation for the word aoku is ‘mysterious treasure box,’ and this is the feeling that the Hong Kong-based company aoku3D is trying to create for its customers. The site covers…

Design Share Make Wants to Give Your 3D Printer the Designs It Deserves

There is no shortage of online 3D printing design platforms these days. If you’re new to 3D printing, choosing a design platform involves wading through a whole lot of websites,…

General Motors and Stratasys India Launch 3D Printing Art Program for GM Employees

The recent resurgence of the maker movement has started a great worldwide conversation about STEM education and how important it will be to our immediate future. As we create more…

3D Printing Comes Right to Your Door with New Subscription Service

I have a friend who is obsessed with the company Ipsy. She pays a fee of $10 a month, and receives in the mail a monthly bag of cosmetics. The…