Snapmaker has confirmed April 10, 2026, as the date its U1 toolchanger will be available in stock across global warehouses, marking the printer's official transition from crowdfunded preorder to an in-stock, ready-to-ship product.
which begs the question: are you stocking up? Or, more precisely, how? What's your printing purchase persona?
Polish filament manufacturer Rosa3D has launched two new foaming filaments: PLA LW Aero and TPU Flex LW. Both rely on active foaming chemistry – a blowing agent embedded in the filament – to expand the extrusion at printing temperatures.
El Paso Makes is launching a cloud-based engineering platform to bridge the digital divide, providing regional small-to-medium manufacturers with the secure, high-tier tools required to modernize the U.S. Defense Industrial Base.
UK-based Filamentive has announced that its PLA and PLA Matte filaments are now EN 71-3 + A2:2024 compliant, certifying them safe regarding the leaching of regulated elements should they be ingested or come into contact with children.
The news also serves as a reminder that the devil is in the detail with such things. The raw material is certified safe, but prints from it (which introduce the variables of specific printing parameters, environment, geometry, etc.) aren't, unless independently tested. As a starting point though, hats off to them.
aiming to provide a "smoother purchasing experience". This allows the American filament manufacturer to offer faster regional shipping without import fees, plus clear pricing in local currencies.
To celebrate, Overture is sharing a 15% off storewide plus free shipping, with the promotion running through March 31. Use the code "HELLOEU" at checkout to take advantage.
The company highlights that customers from other EU countries – namely Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, and Poland – can continue using the brand's official Amazon stores.
MyMiniFactory’s acquisition of Thingiverse assumes a wave of anti-AI sentiment. But are plans to ban or block “AI” content justified, or even possible? I asked the folks who run some of the web’s biggest 3D printing repositories to find out.
Following our report from a fortnight ago, Chinese media and an official Weibo statement from Bambu Lab confirm a settlement has been reached after "friendly consultations." No specifics have been disclosed, though the agreement sees off the April 2 court date set out in the lawsuit.
The dispute began when Pop Mart sued Bambu Lab and MakerWorld for IP infringement regarding unauthorized Labubu 3D models. Bambu Lab has apologized for the "distress" caused and confirmed what we already knew – that it has removed all relevant content from its platform.
Repeatedly remelting and reforming thermoplastics isn't a great idea if you plan to use those parts in real-world jobs subjected to stress – but there's a place for it. Creality paints a mixed picture of scrap recycling and experimentation with custom recipes. But what would you use the system for, if you had one?
Icon is no longer the only one who gets to run Icon's printers. The Austin-based construction technology company has announced the commercial availability of Titan, opening up its multi-story robotic concrete printing system to external parties.
Creality will soon begin crowdfunding a desktop filament extruder that gives you the ability to recycle printing scraps and waste at home, turning it into fresh printable filament. But there are caveats, and plenty of history to say it’s not so simple.
New external kit from French filtration specialists Alveo3D adds ultrafine particle filtering to the Bambu Lab P2S’s native VOC-capturing charcoal-based filter.
Prusa Research is changing up its community referral program with a new offer of cash, plus Prusameters, and spools of Prusament on the line for owners who can get friends and family to buy the company’s machines too.
Leveraging the same Carbon DLS 3D printing technology as the Adidas 4DFWD, Hybex’s new HX Lens features a patented 'Helix' lattice structure to maximize energy return, the company says.
but after printing with virtual filament colors this week, I just can't help myself. Let's keep the conversation going. Last week, some 70% of you who print in color indicated you do so using single-nozzle and toolchanging systems. This suggests that native multicolor printing hardware is the dominant way to create color prints these days.
So we know how. Now tell me why. Why are you adding color to what you print?
BMW’s transition to automated, open-material additive manufacturing moves beyond prototyping to a fully integrated production ecosystem, potentially replacing traditional machine tooling with 3D printing across the entire vehicle lifecycle.
FabRX’s desktop 3D printing platform is rapidly scaling across the United States through new strategic partnerships, moving custom drug manufacturing out of industrial centers and directly into local independent pharmacies.
A project to explore layer mixing has resulted in Snapmaker Orca Full Spectrum, a slicer variant that introduces color-mixing functionality for theoretically limitless color 3D printing. I’ve tested it out and the results are astonishing.
By integrating generative AI directly into the Flow Studio platform, Autodesk enables creators to bypass tedious manual modeling and generate production-ready, editable 3D assets in seconds.
Forget proprietary hardware—this open-source project from Sunnyday Technologies uses standard NEMA motors and generative design to bring pallet-scale concrete printing to your workshop.