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Photoshop CC Allows Editing of 3D Models and 3D Printing with i.materialise
You know that old time-tested program, Photoshop, that many of us have used for perhaps decades? Well, now Photoshop has updated its functions to fully accommodate 3D printing with i.materialise…
Dr. Casey Handmer’s 3D Printed Mars Ring Is Engraved with Robotic and Crystal Imagery
If you follow the incredible world of astronomical research, then you are already informed about the new data that NASA has contributed to our knowledge about the planet Mars. The Mars Exploration Program is science-driven and…
Christo Logan’s ‘two.parts’: Illuminating Things with 3D Printed Ceramic Lights
Admiring 3D printed lamps is a guilty pleasure of mine (and of others on our staff). I am not sure what it is about them: perhaps their illuminating quality is…
Physicist Wants to 3D Print the Cockpit of a World War II Warbird
Munich, Germany is home to the Deutsches Museum, the world’s largest museum of science and technology. It was a visit to this museum that instilled in young Christoph Vernaleken a…
3Dprintler Continues to Forge Ahead with Seven-Figure Angel Funding; Releases 3Dprintler Button
3Dprintler is a dynamic company that we’ve had the pleasure of following for quite some time now, and their successes have continued to pile up. This winter, they were riding…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — March 12
In this week’s 3D printing news, we see that change is in the air — as always. Shapeways has just added a new coating that will make your 3D scanned and printed selfies…
Enter a 3D Printed Jewelry Challenge from SketchUp and i.materialise
One of the amazing things about designing in 3D is the incredibly intricate creations artists and designers come up with. 3D printed jewelry is one of those design categories that…
You’ll Be Writing & Sketching Up a Storm with These 3D Printed Quill Pens by Kaecee Fitzgerald
“Have you got a pen I can borrow?” Oh, how many times we ask that question. And if you make this request of Kaecee Fitzgerald, you may find quite the…
Swiss Designers Drzach & Suchy Play with Shadows and Light and Win i.materialise’s Designer of the Year Award 2015
In November, we wrote about how i.materialise was sponsoring a Designer of the Year Award for 2015. This competition has been going on annually since 2013, and in the past it has…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week–January 30
This week’s news covers internationally diverse stories representing 3D printing business news, as the industry seeks newer ways to accommodate the public’s growing interest in all things 3D printing related. It’s about…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week–January 23
This week’s news starts with a Kickstarter campaign and a design competition, and it also covers news from i.materialise and Materialise blogs, business news from Norsk Titanium and Premium AEROTEC,…
i.materialise Announces New Plugin for Blender 3D Modeling Software
If you are into 3D modeling, it’s possible that you have experimented with more than one modeling program. In order to make your software selection process easier, last summer i.materialise went…
i.materialise and Rhino Announce Winners in the 3D Printed Apple Accessories Challenge
In the beginning of November we were introduced to a design contest from i.materialise and Rhinoceros: the 3D Printed Apple Accessories Challenge, which asked all creative people with Rhino3D design software, and a working knowledge…
3DPrintler Launches Prices Comparison Service & Monetization API for Streamlining 3D Printing
As we are all seeing, 3D printing has the potential to change the world in endless ways, from revolutionizing the world of manufacturing and prototyping to facilitating greater advancements nearly…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — January 9
Happy New Year from everyone at 3DPrint.com! As 2015 has officially ended and 2016 is already entering its second week, you won’t be surprised to hear that we have much…
Find the Best Deals for Online 3D Printing Services with 3Dprintler
There are more ways than ever to have something 3D printed, even if someone doesn’t own their own 3D printer. Not only are local 3D printing service centers popping up…
Artist Jade Crompton Uses 3D Printing to Create Her Original Ceramic Tableware
The word “ceramic” derives from the Greek word for pottery, and the earliest known ceramics are 27,000 years old and made from clay. But when you think of ceramics, you…
Is It Done Yet? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at 3D Printing Production Times with i.materialise
You have been working hard for a while on that new 3D design, and you can’t wait to see it printed. But you better exercise patience, because sometimes 3D printing…
Water Bugs in Japan: Designers are Inspired to Make 3D Printed Haiku, Visible Only in Water
For years I lived on the beautiful Outer Banks of North Carolina, on a tiny island jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean. My drive to work was so mesmerizing in…
Now iOS Device Users Can Upload 3D Files Directly to i.materialise Using Dropbox
The service Dropbox is an excellent way to back up and store all of your files in existence, from any device. You can access these files and share them from anywhere, right? What’s…
Oxford Researcher Makes a Tiny Fossil a Lot Bigger Thanks to 3D Printing
New species are being discovered all the time. Some are alive today, and some have been extinct for millennia, their existence only being documented long after they are gone. It’s not…
i.materialise: Designer of the Year Award for 2015 Goes to…?
One of the great things about 3D printing is how it inspires the imagination to make previously unthinkable objects. In fact, some 3D designers say they would not be able to even conceive of certain…
.3MF is Now Accepted by i.materialise–Along with 41 Other File Formats
One of the most frustrating problems that one can run into in 3D printing is an unsupported file format, particularly when utilizing online 3D printing services such as Shapeways and…
i.materialise and Rhino Launch Apple Accessory 3D Printing Challenge
Apple products have a great friend in 3D printing. Whenever a new Apple product is released 3D designers are right there, making accessories to augment or complement the product. Examples of these…
