CADchat’s cloud-based platform offers a better way to manage product development projects
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Software development firm CADchat has launche…
UltiMaker Factor 4, a new industrial 3D printer for the factory floor: Technical Specifications and Pricing
Netherlands-based 3D printer manufacturer UltiMaker has launched Factor 4, its new FDM 3D printer for the industrial market. The new 3D printer supp…
Materialise adds novel AM materials to its portfolio
Belgian 3D printing company Materialise has introduced three new materials to its AM portfolio. These materials include Polyamide 12S (PA 12S), Polyamide 11 (PA 11) for Multi Jet Fusion, and Carbon Fi…
LPW Technology Supplies and Explores Metal Powders for AM
So you’ve already bought yourself a half a million dollar metal 3D printer, or, more likely, you’re already leasing one, but you need a place to obtain some metal powder with which to fuse into intric…
MilkRap: RepRap Upcycled and Simplified
What some Makers are discovering is that, in building 3D printers, some of the components need not be built at all. In fact, there is plenty of discarded material that, while considered refuse, would…
3D Hubs Kicks Off US Unlocking Tour!
When I first heard about 3D Hubs, I thought that, despite its glossy website and sweet logo, it was going to be another informal network of Makers that would help one another 3D print things at a sort…
Singapore’s SIMPLIFI3D Hosts 3D Printer Face Off
Singapore’s 3D printer hub, SIMPLIFI3D, has come up with a number of unique ways to get the public excited about the new technology. From workshops surrounding 3D-printing Minecraft and Lego artifact…
3DPI.TV – 3D Systems Introduces Full Arsenal of New 3D Printers
To usher in the era of 3D Printing 2.0, Avi Reichental, CEO of 3D Systems, introduced an onslaught of new 3D printing systems at Euromold last week. The new ProJet 5500X Multi-Material and ProJet 4500…
3D Systems Brings Out Full Arsenal of New Machines at Euromold
To usher in the era of 3DP 2.0, Avi Reichental, CEO of 3D Systems, announced the release of an onslaught of new 3D printing systems. Rachel already covered the new ProJet 5500X Multi-Material and Pro…
Euromold 2013 — Day 2 Report
Having woken up early this morning I made a concerted effort to get to Hall 11 of the Frankfurt Messe for Day 2 of Euromold as early as possible. My main motivation was to get in ahead of the hoards o…
3D Printing “Driving” Toy Car Innovation
Deep down we all know it: of all the things that 3D printing can, and will, do, one of the first industries where the mass public will come to grips with its full potential for customization is toys. …
Formlabs Completes its Near $3M Round of Kickstarter Funding
On December 3, the now famous MIT spinoff firm, FormLabs, completed its Kickstarter campaign, earning nearly $3 million dollars from over 2,000 eager backers and making it the most highly funded techn…
3Defy Certified Artists Convert Your 2D Photo to 3D Model
When I think of 2D to 3D conversion, taking a flat image and making it into a three dimensional model, the first thing that jumps to mind is an isolated 3D object. For instance, with Autodesk’s 123D …
11-Year-Old Fan of One Direction Prints Niall with 3D Printlife
After meeting Joel Rush and Jeff Stevens from 3D Printlife in person, there was one thing that I picked up on immediately: these are really personable guys. And that’s what makes them perfect for int…
The RepRap Ormerod from RepRapPro Officially Launched
Last month, we relayed news of the DesignSpark Challenge, in which users of the free DesignSpark CAD software could submit CAD inventions for the chance to win the latest RepRapPro 3D printer, the Rep…