Tinkercad, the company working hard to bring accessible 3D data creation to the masses, has just announced “some weekend fun” in that it is now possible to write Shape Scripts directly inside the Tinkercad editor and create shapes that are…
High Street 3D Printing Services: An Interview with Robert Feld, The Color Company
3D Printing Industry has recently reported on the growth of 3D printing services in the retail sector. One of the first organizations to recognize this potential was The Color Company, a pioneer in this area with retail space across the…
i.Materialise Adds Stainless Steel To Its Material Range
One of the most typical questions people unfamiliar with the 3D printing industry tend to ask is about the availability and offering of different materials that can be utilised today. This issue is, in fact, a very interesting starting point…
A Day at the Engineering Design Show
On Wednesday I was a visitor at the Engineering Design Show at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. This was an inaugural two-day show organised by Findlay Media, publishers of Eureka magazine. Unsurprisingly the event was targeted at Design Engineers and…
3D Printing: Bring on the Trough of Disillusionment — Please!!
Last week 3D Printing Industry published a post from Graham Tromans that focused on some serious concerns that Graham has about safety issues, specifically in terms on users of entry-level machines and materials qualification. These are such valid points that…
Palaeontology and 3D Printing
US scientists and a Danish entrepreneur have been working on reconstructing sea life from ancient times, and we’re not talking recent history but 390 million years ago. Using a combination of computer animation, CT scanning and 3D printing technology, the…
A 3D “Alphabet of Alphabets”
Some time ago Johnson Banks started a research project called Arkitypo with one of their clients, Ravensbourne. The aim was to develop and showcase the 26 letters of the alphabet in 3D, using 3D printing technology. For those who haven’t come…
Spoiled for Choice: A Gallery Of 3D Printed iPhone Cases
There is no doubting that 3D printing has come a long way from its industrial roots and manifested itself as a serious tool for producing a wide range of consumer objects. To celebrate this paradigm shift , here at 3D…
Le FabShop Will Distribute Replicator2 in France
Le FabShop, the French digital workshop, has announced that it will be selling Makerbot products — including the new Replicator2 — in France, through its online shop, le FabStore. Le FabShop, a community based hub for design and digital manufacturing…
3D Systems Acquires Rapidform
In further news from 3D Systems Corporation, the 3D printing giant has just announced that it has acquired Rapidform, a leading global provider of 3D scan-to-CAD and inspection software tools. The deal is a big one — literally and figuratively…
