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3DBear Introduces Kids to 3D Printing and Augmented Reality

Everyone agrees that it’s important for children to learn new technologies such as 3D printing, robotics, and virtual reality. The challenge lies in finding the best way to teach those…

Morphi Rings in the New Year With New Materials Tool

Morphi, the 3D design app for education, has become increasingly versatile. Over the past year, the Morphi team has integrated AR and VR into the program and integrated it into…

3D Design for Everyone, Everywhere: Morphi for Windows Released

3D printing is challenging, but not nearly as much as it was just a few short years ago. Plug-and-play 3D printers with features like auto-leveling, filament monitoring, remote printing and…

Doodle3D Transform: The App That Makes 3D Design as Easy as Drawing

Many people are still a bit intimidated by 3D design, and there are so many model marketplaces online that, in theory, you could still 3D print every day without running…

The Inventery Releases New Version of Morphi 3D Design App, Makes Big Plans for Education

In 2014, iPad users’ dreams came true with the introduction of Morphi, a simple, user-friendly 3D design and printing app made for touchscreens. Less than a year later came Morphi 2.0,…

New i.materialise Plugin Gives Onshape Users Direct Access to 3D Printing Platform

Cloud design services are becoming highly desirable to many consumers, particularly companies and design teams. One of the most popular right now is Onshape, a young company formed by several…

3D Modeling App from Febtop Tech Allows You to Design in Augmented Reality

For the last week, nearly everyone I know has been playing Pokémon GO, and I can’t stop laughing about the stories I’ve heard of grown men walking into lakes or crashing…

Shapeways and Gravity Sketch Partner to Launch “Spin It to Win It!” Contest

One of the most glaring obstacles standing in the way of 3D printing technology’s expansion throughout the world is the lack of capable 3D designers. With most 3D modeling being…

Dremel Releases App to Go with Idea Builder 3D40 3D Printer, Compatible with iOS and Android

It’s not a surprise when many major, long-established companies get into 3D printing. For software companies or 2D printer manufacturers, a 3D printer is a natural progression. A company known…

Meet the Anvil 3D Printer: Simple, Affordable, and Easy for Both Kids and Adults

A lot of people are interested in 3D printing, but are intimidated by the modeling process, which is understandable – it’s a tricky skill to learn, especially if you don’t…

Kwambio’s New iOS App is Unique, Easy to Use — and Free!

As 3D printing platforms go, Kwambio is one of the more interesting ones. Officially launched last summer, the platform immediately set itself apart from the sea of other platforms in…

Skip that Learning Curve: Make Learning Easier & 3D Designing Fulfilling with Leopoly App, Now in Your AstroPrint Dashboard

Often when you start a new project, whether for hobby or work use, there are a multitude of details to consider from the design aspect to actually getting to the…

How 3D Printing Becomes Normal and Ordinary

I thought I’d start this article with a quote from one of my absolute favorite science fiction writers ever (Kurt Vonnegut is a very close second!) “I’ve come up with…

Elements Lab to Debut App to Custom Design Your Own 3D Printed Jewelry

I love jewelry. It’s just a fact of my life (sometimes much to my poor husband’s chagrin). Wearing a ring or pendant with great meaning can make me feel closer…

New 3D Slash Features Make 3D Modeling Even Easier

When the 3D printing hype train started a few years back we were promised that in a few years everyone would have a printer in their home and effortlessly replace…

Mattel and Autodesk Team Up to Bring World of Toy Customization Apps & 3D Printing to Kids 

3D printing and toys go together hand in hand, and we’ve reported on countless toy makers and innovators able to break into the business due to the affordability and independence…

Thailand’s Treebuild Introduces Beta Version of LUBAS, Minecraft-Inspired 3D Design App

I’m not a gamer myself, but many of my friends are. One of the video games I never tire of watching people play (which is saying something) is Minecraft. I’ve…

Tribility Core — A 3D Print Server & Group of Apps to Simplify 3D Printing

Developers are putting in a good share of effort lately to simplify the process of 3D printing — and a Swedish company, Tribility AB, has launched a piece of hardware…

Nervous System’s Radiolaria Generative App — Build Bio-Inspired 3D Printable Items

Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg founded their digital design studio, Nervous System, back in 2007, and their Radiolaria is a co-creation app built alongside their 3D printed designs from their Cell Cycle and…

df3d Launches eXtrud3it 2D-to-3D Tool — Turn 2D Images into 3D Printable Files

Df3d is a 3D printing and design platform which aims to encompass the entire scope of the 3D printing community. The company has slowly been rolling out a number of…

Abstract Painting Meets 3D Design and Printing To Recreate Kandinsky Masterpiece “Composition VIII”

At the age of 30, Moscow native Wassily Kandinsky had a comfortable career teaching law and economics, and he gave it all up to enroll in art school in Munich….

Cubify’s Valentine’s Day Gift Guide Helps You Find the Perfect 3D Printed Token of Love

Love it or hate it, there’s no denying it: Valentine’s Day is coming up. With just a few more weeks to go before the annual love-fest sends Cupid on his dizzying…

Autodesk 123D Sculpt+ Launches: Free App Offers More Design Options, In-App 3D Printing

Many of those in the 3D printing community are the creative type — “maker” and “designer” are often synonymous with “dreamer.” Before an idea can be brought to life, it has…

Italian Firm Sharebot Seeks Crowdfunding for Sharebox3D Workflow App

Sharebot Srl, headquartered just outside of Milan, Italy, launched in 2011 and offers a line of 3D printers which include the Sharebot NG, the Sharebot Kiwi, and the large build-volume…