3d design
‘It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me’ – Form 1+ Does It Right with 3D Printed Batman Figurine
If I had to pick a superhero who I admire the most, it would probably be the Dark Knight. Batman is a superhero, but he is not superhuman. He doesn’t…
WarFairy Charon AR-15 Lower: 3D printed gun presents design issues during shooting
Shots have been fired! And with great interest, hobbyists who are not only 3D printing enthusiasts but 3D printing gun enthusiasts, are taking note of the latest news on the…
Former AutoDesk Team Launches Beta Testing for Intuitive Design Software: UMake
It’s not always easy to communicate new concepts to others, and often it’s challenging just to translate them from brain to paper — or design software. While often our minds…
SketchUp 2015: Trimble Releases Second Update This Year, Sharpening Tools for 3D Designers
SketchUp is a 3D modeling application that in its versatility is able to appeal to a wide variety of 3D designers, from mechanical engineers to artists and moviemakers. Many users…
Dutch Company VormVrij 3D Uses Clay to 3D Print Huge Ceramic Pieces
We’ve seen a lot of material innovations in 3D printing lately, from better plastics to wood to metals; the latest to pop out at us is clay. Dutch company VormVrij…
SwarmBuild Launches Kickstarter to Fund Platform Matching Up Designers and 3D Manufacturers
Everyone seems to be 3D printing, ‘making,’ prototyping, and creating hip new companies. It all sounds so easy, sifting through the multitude of news articles highlighting new startups. But how do you…
3D Systems Releases Geomagic Sculpt 3D Modeling Software with Touch Haptic Stylus
The latest announcement from 3D Systems should be garnering substantial excitement from 3D designers. Today, they released their new Geomagic Sculpt 3D Modeling Software, featuring the Touch Haptic 3D Stylus,…
CGTrader Sees 10,000% Growth Over Two Years – 3D Printing Leading the Charge
Back in October of 2001 Apple launched their popular piece of music hardware called the iPod. Initially, skeptics were weary whether or not this tiny gadget would be yet another flop…
MakerBot and Thingiverse Invite You to Their Second Annual Make-a-Thon
Are you interested in 3D design and hobnobbing with the best in the biz? Looking to share your 3D printing enthusiasm, talent, and designs, and to get some tips? MakerBot,…
Aleksandrina Rizova & 3DPrintUK Create Intricate 3D Printed Walnut Table
While some of the most exciting applications for 3D printing have been within the medical field, saving lives or making them more fulfilling, there is no doubt that some of the more…
Siemens Announces a Competition for Innovative Engineering and Creativity in 3D Design and Printing
High-tech powerhouse Siemens has just announced the Siemens 3D Challenge, a contest to inspire sustainability-conscious technical creativity and innovation in 3D printing and design in Australia and New Zealand with the…
Here’s Looking at You: Grotesque Faces in Off the Wall 3D Printed Art
Although this work of art was not created for Halloween, its timing works perfectly as the public mood is more than primed to accept all that is monstrous. Sculptor Dennis…
Rethinking Time Telling with the Time-IT 3D Printed Watch
Their mission is nothing short of the heroic: to redefine time through original quality timepieces. Whether or not Time-IT® has the power to do so is clearly questionable, but it’s…
CookieCaster Lets You Create and 3D Print Custom Cookie Cutters
While the 3D printing industry continues to develop more sophisticated methods for printing food — tasty food with natural ingredients — an array of food-related innovations have cropped up. While…
Two-thirds of Top 100 Manufacturing Companies Already Use 3D Printing Says PWC Survey
Whether experimenting, prototyping, or producing final products, manufacturers are jumping ever faster into the world of 3D printing. By 2013, more leading manufacturing companies than not were using 3D printing…
Students Can Now Design Space Tools to be 3D Printed And Used in Outer Space
With the launch of Space X, a 3D printer has been sent to the International Space Station for the fabrication of various objects in outer space. When the 3D printer,…
Shapeways Announces ‘3D Animation to 3D Print’ Contest
If you have been toying around with the idea of creating a series of figurines to accompany the series of Saturday morning ready cartoons that you have kicking around in…
Australian Scientist Improves 3D Printing to Fortify Hydrogels For Cartilage Printing
When I was a kid, at least two highly educational hours a week were devoted to prime-time, riveted viewing of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. These…
YouTuber Performs Materials Strength Test on Multiple 3D Printed Samples
Thomas Sanladerer offers a variety of videos on YouTube regarding 3D Printing and parts. His build guides. tutorials, tips and basics center around the open-source RepRap family of 3D printers….
3D Printing Artist is Pulling Strings and Saving Puppets From Extinction
“While I’ll be using these parts for my own shows, I don’t want it to stop there.” – Laurie Berenhaus 3D printing has been wowing the world with innovations in making items…
ExOne Moves Into 150,000 Square Foot Headquarters in Augsberg, Germany
ExOne is moving into their new headquarters this month. In keeping with their goals for expansion and global growth, the company is moving their handful of leased facilities in Augsberg,…
The Sky’s the Limit for the 3D Printing of Solar Panels at Australia’s VICOSC
We have come a long way from marveling at the solar-powered calculator, to wondering when the heck innovators are going to give us solar-powered smartphones, which house most of our calculators these days…
Fire & Bone: 3D scanned and printed animal skulls to wear or display
Following the success of their first Kickstarter campaign back in January of this year, the makers of Fire & Bone, miniature animal skull replicas, reproduced in high detail using 3D…
EuroMold 2014: Illuminating Bright Minds in 3D Printing Workshops
To the future delight of hundreds of lucky German schoolchildren, TCT Bright Minds will make its debut this year at EuroMold 2014, which is hailed as one of the prime…
