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Ultimaker Execs Dive Into New 3D Printing Software Strategy: “Workflow Should Be Simpler”
During the recent TCT Show, Ultimaker announced the latest updates to its software strategy as it refocuses attention on user experience for the widely-used open source Cura platform — so…
3D Printing Business: Inside BCN3D Technologies
When in Catalonia, do as the Catalonians do; while in a larger-scale view that may be a circumstance set to change up world maps as we currently know them, on…
BCN3D Introduces the Sigmax 3D Printer, Announces New Software and Materials
BCN3D has been hard at work this year. In February the company revealed that it had revamped its popular Sigma 3D printer, re-introducing it as the Sigma R17, and now,…
Ultimaker Unveils New Software Strategy to Enhance 3D Printing Experience
One of the most consistently popular 3D printer manufacturers has been Ultimaker, and it’s not hard to understand why – the Dutch company produces truly high quality 3D printers and…
3D Printing News Briefs: September 6, 2017
We’ve got a lot of business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by new 3D beta software, 3D printing materials work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and a…
What Do We Need for Production Scale 3D Printing? Amateur Hour is Over.
Whereas most of the media focus around 3D printing was initially directed at desktop 3D printing, a lot of the opportunity is actually in industry. Industrial 3D printing can unlock…
Ultimaker Enhances the Ultimaker 3 and 2+ 3D Printers with Several New Products
It’s been less than a year since Ultimaker introduced the new Ultimaker 3, the latest version of their ultra-popular desktop 3D printer series. The [easyazon_link identifier=”B01M66TXYD” locale=”US” tag=”3dprint09-20″]Ultimaker 3[/easyazon_link] hasn’t…
3D Printing Pittsburgh: Makerspace Meetup During RAPID Brought Together Ultimaker, MatterHackers, Make:, Makers
Not all of the excitement this month in Pittsburgh was housed at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, as the Steel City welcomed members of the global additive manufacturing community…
ClayXYZ 3D Printer and Clay Extrusion Device Introduce User-Friendly Ceramic 3D Printing
There have been many clay 3D printers over the years, from the EXtrace and the LUTUM to the 3D PotterBot and the WASP delta style clay 3D printer. But I bet they…
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…
Near East University 3D Prints Prosthetic Hand, Collaborates with Hospital for Implementation
NEU Robotics Lab and the 3D Laboratories of Near East University, an international higher education institution based in Turkey, led a collaborative project to create 3D printed prosthetic hands that…
From the Digital Fabrication Zone to the Runway: STEFANAKOU Takes 3D Printing to Fashion
The 3D printing lab at Ryerson University is part of their Design Fabrication Zone, a dedicated workspace that not only engages students but serves as an incubator for ideas and…
3D Printing: The Stories We Missed — February 25, 2017
Fabrisonic has received another patent for Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing. ‘Design your own 3D printed dolls’ startup MakieLab has been acquired by Disney. Cura, Ultimaker’s open source slicing software, has gotten a…
Medical Student Creates Patient-Specific 3D Printed Liver Model for Less Than $150
While researchers continue working hard to make readily available 3D printed organs a reality, we know that it likely won’t happen, at least not on a massively available and low-cost scale,…
Out of the Abyss: Miguel Zavala Unveils New Dungeons & Dragons 3D Printable Model Collection
Miguel Zavala, a US Army vet, 3D designer, and Dungeons & Dragons player, was the focus of 3DPrint.com’s most heavily trafficked and shared article of 2016…or rather, the impressively detailed…
MemeMesh Lets You Create and Convert Your Memes into 3D Printable STL Files
We do love our Internet memes. From Grumpy Cat to Judgmental Kermit the Frog to the vast number of political memes, this social phenomenon has spawned a vast number of…
MaherSoft 3D Prints Marble Machine with Indie Desktop, Soon to Launch on Indiegogo
In June, we showed you just what MaherSoft’s soon-to-be-released Indie Desktop dual nozzle printer was capable of: they completed a 3D printed scale model of a 115-meter-long trailer for a…
Robo’s R2/C2 3D Printer Kickstarter is a Success, Launches Robo App Beta Program
Recently, we reported that Robo, the company previously known as Robo3D, was launching a Kickstarter for their soon to be released R2 and C2 3D printers. The printers are a…
3D LabPrint Releases Landing Gear Conversion Kit for the Messerschmitt Bf 109T
Warbirds! It’s time to take flight once again. And for many model plane enthusiasts, getting ready to do this may be just a little different these days. As with so…
New Startup PYI Launches NEPTUNE 3D Printer on Indiegogo at a Very Deep, and Worrying, Discount
Over the years I’ve seen quite a few crowdfunding campaigns launch with a relatively low funding goal and a huge discount on the 3D printer, and they rarely end well….
Cura Type A’s Infill Generator Proves to Enhance 3D Printed Objects
Last month, while my colleagues from the 3DPrint.com team were soaking up the sun at RAPID 2016, back at home we reported on the new methodologies for generating internal structures that were…
Microsoft to Integrate Materialise Cloud-Based 3D Printing Service into 3D Builder and Other MS 3D Printing Apps
For years 3D printing was often derided as a fad, or a niche market and pretty roundly ignored by all of the major tech companies. Despite that, soon businesses started…
Ultimaker’s Cura 2.1 Open Beta Gets an Update — But Make Sure You Backup Printing Profiles Before You Install
Last month Dutch 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker released the long awaited 2.1 version of their popular Cura 3D printing software as an open beta. The software update included a ton…
Type A Machines Releases New Methodologies for Internal Structures at RAPID 2016
If you are attending RAPID 2016 in Orlando, as our team from 3DPrint.com is this week, then you are well aware of the spectacular—and perhaps even overwhelming—amount of products being…
