3D modeling
3D Printing News Briefs, July 5, 2025: Etsy Sellers, Kickstarter, Bridge Repair, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, MyMiniFactory is targeting former Etsy sellers with its new Premium Merchant Program. QuesTek added new titanium alloy modeling capabilities to its ICMD software…
Backflip Launches AI for 3D Scan-to-STL
Text-to-STL service Backflip is launching a new AI model aimed at helping companies reduce factory downtime, a $50 billion annual problem in industrial manufacturing. This ambitious effort seeks to address one…
CSR 3D Art Studio Makes Life-Sized 3D Printed Statues of Your Loved Ones
A lot of people have tried to make a business out of making figurines of people. Whether they are real-life prints of your in-game character or little mini-me versions of…
3D Printing Webinar & Event Roundup: April 30, 2023
We’re starting with the obvious in today’s roundup—RAPID+TCT 2023 returns to Chicago this week! But there are still plenty of other offerings as well, including the Ceramics Expo, SIMULIA Americas…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 21, 2023: 3D Printing Camp for Kids, Medical Devices, & More
Let’s get kids 3D printing! Kicking off 3D Printing News Briefs today, Anycubic and Yale Funbotics held virtual camps to introduce children to 3D modeling and 3D printing. Moving on…
PixCap Makes 3D Design Simple… But When Will It Be 3D Printable?
Theoretically, everyone could publish on the consumer internet from near its very inception. One just had to learn the computer language of the day. Precious few did. Years later Blogger,…
The Women Trailblazing the Tiktok 3D Printing Scene, Part 1
3D printing was once only seen as a technology reserved only for professionals. It was difficult and expensive to obtain a system before desktop 3D printers began proliferating at the…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 15, 2022: Post-Processing, Prosthetics, & More
We’re starting with business in 3D Printing News Briefs, as AML3D has appointed a new CEO. Moving on, the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland has selected AM Solutions for its post-processing…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: October 9, 2022
We’ve got loads of things to tell you about in this week’s roundup! There are multiple events, both in-person and virtual, as well as numerous webinars on a variety of…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 7, 2022: Software Release, Extended Reality Training, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with business, as Meltio has appointed its latest service bureau and SelfCAD launched an affiliate program. Moving on, Hyperganic’s AI-based algorithmic design…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: May 15, 2022
This is a big week in the additive manufacturing industry—RAPID + TCT is here! But that’s not the only event in town; there will also be webinars on topics like…
3DPOD Episode 94: 3D Printing Generative Design with Hyperganic CEO Lin Kayser
Hyperganic is a stealthy startup that wants to replace how things are currently designed and made. The company aims to disrupt CAD with a very different design paradigm using artificial…
How to Paint a 3D Print Figure from Daz Studio in 7 Steps
Once you’ve designed your custom 3D model in Daz Studio, then prepared and printed it, your figure will look far from finished. It’ll look rough, and depending on its shape,…
Preparing Your Daz 3D Model for 3D Printing from Blender
Daz Studio is a free software that anyone can use, whether they have 3D sculpting experience or not, to create custom models for everything from video game development and animated…
Unlimited Terrain Creator Lets You Build and 3D Print Your Own Tabletop Landscape
Upon completing a successful Kickstarter campaign for a library of 3D printable Lovecraftian horrors, tabletop modeler Anthony Schilling has returned to crowdfund an even more ambitious project: a builder app…
Making Custom Models for 3D Printing with Daz Studio
Blender is a great solution for professional-quality models, and with practice, you can achieve satisfactory results. However, if you find yourself throwing your hands up in exasperation during the process,…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: May 16, 2021
Even as we get closer to the official start of summer, that doesn’t mean the amount of webinars, virtual events, and live events are going down; in fact, the opposite…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: May 9, 2021
We’ve got another full week of AM industry webinars and events to tell you about, so let’s not waste any time on the introductions—jump right in! SPE’s ANTEC 2021, with…
3D Printing Webinar and Virtual Event Roundup: March 28, 2021
We’ve got another packed week of webinars and virtual events to tell you about, covering topics like 3D modeling, 3D printed maxillofacial implants, product development, and more. Read on for…
3D Printing Webinar and Virtual Event Roundup: March 21, 2021
We’ve got over ten different webinars, online trainings, and virtual events to tell you about in this week’s roundup, covering topics from 3D modeling and electroplating to 3D scanning and…
Shapr3D: the First Production-Ready 3D Modeling App
One of the biggest obstacles to widespread adoption of 3D printing, particularly for consumers, is the steep learning curve associated with CAD software. To work with SOLIDWORKS, the most prolific…
Materialise Integrates VR into Mimics Software for Better 3D Anatomical Models
Global 3D printing leader Materialise (Nasdaq: MTLS) has been providing solutions for medical applications for several years now, becoming the first company to receive FDA clearance for the diagnostic use…
Scale Modeling Tutorials: 3D Modeling Basics for 3D Printing, Part Two
In my last article, I began to show you how to use Fusion 360 to create some basic shapes. Here, we take those skills further, exploring more functions in the…
Scale Modeling Tutorials: 3D Modeling Basics for 3D Printing
In my last article, I discussed the use of 3D printing for scale model hobbyists. Hobbyists are discovering 3D printing to be a useful tool to make customized parts, or…
