CoffeeSCad – 3D Modelling in Your Browser

A self proclaimed tinkerer-slash-programmer Mark Moissette, also known as ckaos, has been working on a new 3D modelling application. The software – named CoffeeSCad – enables parametric modelling similar to OpenSCAD and it only uses Coffeescript and Javascript. CoffeeSCad also…

Research into Light and Durable 3D Printed Fractal Structures

We have seen quite a few examples of 3D printed objects being tweaked with different structural software and algorithms – for example by hollowing out or adding new parts in order to make them lighter and/or more durable. On that…

New 3D Software Innovations from Materialise

Materialise, the Belgian-based 3D printing pioneer, introduced its latest software innovations at EuroMold 2012 held in Frankfurt last week, which included some very interesting enhancements. One of these innovations was the latest release of the leading STL file preparation software…

3D Print Barometer — To Print or Not to Print

One of the often overlooked realities about 3D printing is that it cannot print anything and everything. So even while 3D Printing tech continues to improve and become an even greater value proposition for many companies that work to engineer…

Geomagic Studio 2013 – More Speed and Customisation

Geomagic has released an upgraded version of its 3D data processing software – Geomagic Studio 2013. Conceived to enable a smooth transition from 3D scan data into accurate surface, mesh and 3D CAD formats, the latest version of Geomagic Studio…

Geomagic Spark: Game-Changing 3D Scan-in-CAD Capabilities

Geomagic, a global 3D software company has just introduced Geomagic Spark, the newest addition to the company’s line of powerful 3D scan, design and inspection applications. This is proprietary software from Geomagic that provides a specific solution for a specific…

Digital Reality & Kraftwurx Unveil New Solution & More of Themselves

Digital Reality — the parent company of Kraftwurx — recently announced the release of Pro-Quote™. Pro-Quote, as per the trademark symbol, is a proprietary real-time 3D print quoting engine in the cloud, and according to Digital Reality it is an…

Autodesk 123D Design — Are you Ready to get Designing in 3D?

To date one of the greatest barriers to a wider uptake of 3D printing has been the availability of design tools that do not require a degree. In the last 18 months or so there have been some significant developments…

Phantom Geometry AM Process

Liz and Kyle von Hasseln from the Southern California Institute of Architecture have been working with Additive Manufacturing (AM) and developing a process based on DLP. The project, which was developed for their master thesis, was awarded the inaugural Gehry…

Uformia's Advanced Solutions For 3D Modelling

Uformia is a Norwegian software company, and is one to remember when considering digital 3D modelling tools in the future. The company has announced two very interesting products, developed to overcome specific challenges related to 3D modelling and 3D printing.…