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3D Printing News Briefs: May 9, 2017
I’m calling today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs the RAPID + TCT version, as all of the companies we’re covering today are attending the event in Pittsburgh. XJet will be…
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…
Online Educators SolidProfessor Partners with SOLIDWORKS to Offer New Certification Courses
As technology continues to exponentially improve, the future of industry and manufacturing is rapidly requiring new employees have at least a passing familiarity with 3D technology. Automation, additive manufacturing and…
Renishaw Helps to Create 3D Printed Orbital Implant for Complex Surgery in Nepal
When a deadly, 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in April of 2015, killing thousands of people, the 3D printing community jumped right in to offer assistance, from a 3D printable…
With Thingiverse Upload, Users Can Publish 3D Designs Straight from Tinkercad
Popular in-browser 3D design and modeling tool Tinkercad, which was acquired by Autodesk and joined its 123D product family in 2013, is offering something new in the way of connections….
Verashape Licenses Siemens PLM’s Parasolid Communicator Software
This past summer, Polish 3D printer manufacturer Verashape introduced its VSHAPER 3D printer, as part of an important project subsidized by the National Centre for Research and Development 2014-2020, with the…
Why 3DPrint.com is Looking Forward to SOLIDWORKS World 2017
Industry conferences are typically rife with big announcements on new machines, software, and business partnerships. It makes sense: there are usually hundreds, if not thousands, of people at these types of…
German RepRap Reseller 3DZ Provides Italian Footwear Polytechnic School with X400 PRO V3 3D Printer
The German RepRap industrial-grade X400 3D printer has been used to develop all sorts of products, from a helicopter windshield wiper system to spare parts for lifting platforms, and even breast prostheses….
Italy’s WitLab Creates 3D Printed ArcheoRov, Ready for Underwater Archaeological Expeditions
I really enjoy learning, and writing, about drones. There are a lot of applications for drone technology, ranging from the more mundane (but fun!) pizza delivery to cutting-edge drones being used…
Bionic Aircraft Collaborative Research Project Works to Increase the Efficiency of Aviation Resources through Additive Manufacturing
3D printing and 3D scanning technologies have been making major headway into aviation recently, and these uses are only set to expand. We have seen 3D printed airplanes before, used…
3D Imaging Solutions Provider FARO Acquires mwf-technology, Increasing Mobile Virtual and Augmented Reality Footprint
3D measurement and imaging solutions provider FARO, whose valuable services in the field of forensics we’ve written about before, recently announced its acquisition of German augmented reality (AR) solutions company mwf-technology GmbH….
New Version of QuantAM Build Preparation Software for Renishaw, Thanks to Collaboration with Spatial Corp
The result of a collaboration between 3D software development tool kits provider Spatial Corp (a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, which was showcased in July) and UK-based engineering and scientific technology…
Autodesk Signs MOU with MIMOS Berhad to Promote 3D Design in Malaysia
3D printing and software company Autodesk certainly wears a lot of hats: virtual reality innovator, slicing settings expert, impactful investor, helpful volunteer…the list goes on and on. Today they’re starting a…
CAD Modeling & 3D Scanning Services from HoneyPoint3D Now Discounted for 3DPrint.com Readers!
Those entering into the 3D technology arena for the first time may find all of the options daunting. 3D scanning, 3D files, 3D printing — where do we start? Fortunately,…
For the 3D Printing Novice: Shapeways Offers Insights into CAD & 3D Modeling
For those just beginning to try their hand at 3D printing, often it’s easy to jump in with only the end goal in sight as you imagine that sophisticated looking…
New Autodesk Business Solutions Portfolio for Additive & Subtractive Manufacturing Unveiled at IMTS
3DPrint.com was on the scene this week as the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) delivered with over 2,400 exhibitors, all gathered in Chicago September 12-17. To say that you would…
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…
MƎTHESIS Event Takes Metal 3D Printing to Milan Design Week
Exploring the new possibilities of generative software and additive manufacturing is a job for product designers. That is what ten of the best known designer in 3D printing are going…
Autodesk Announces New Restructuring Plan That Will See a 10% Workforce Reduction
Northern California-based software developer Autodesk has announced that they are going forward with a broad restructuring plan that will see their workforce reduced by 10%. The staff reduction will result in…
Keep 3D Printing Skills Up to Date with Continual Training from SolidProfessor
As with all technologies developed in the last 30 years, 3D printing is one that changes rapidly. The computer programs that take users of this additive manufacturing tech past the…
Back to Handcrafted Basics: Talented Artists Toss High Tech & 3D Printing Out The Window
As someone who has failed miserably in the art of whittling, woodworking in shop class, knitting, crocheting, and anything that involves using a couple of what seem like unwieldy yet…
Selva3d Beta is Live — Create 3D Objects from 2D Objects in Just a Few Clicks
When Sur3D first released their beta for their 2D to 3D converter Selva3D it was already a pretty great web application. After a few months of Selva3D being used and…
MIT Researchers Create ‘Fab Forms’ – Software That May Make 3D Modeling & Printing Easy for All
I must admit that, while I have been covering the 3D printing space for nearly two years now, and have had an interest in the technology long before that, when…
MLC CAD Systems & 3D Systems Announce Partnership to Provide 3D Printing Solutions
They began with a single location in Austin, TX over 30 years ago and have since grown to 19 locations across the US and in Mexico. Now, MLC CAD Systems…