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Carolyn Schwaar

Carolyn Schwaar is All3DP’s senior editor and a journalist with more than 25 years of experience covering technology, startups, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Since joining All3DP in 2020, she has written across the full breadth of 3D printing, including industrial additive manufacturing, desktop 3D printers, and hands-on product reviews. Her work covers 3D printing technologies, emerging applications, materials, software, workflows, business trends, and interviews with leading industry experts.

Her reporting helps engineers, designers, manufacturers, and 3D printing enthusiasts understand how 3D printing is evolving, what tools and materials are available, and where the technology is being applied.

Carolyn also has an additive manufacturing column in Forbes.com.

Reach out to Carolyn at pro@all3dp.com or connect via LinkedIn.

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AI Will Change CAD Forever
Free AI Plugin for Autodesk Fusion Aims to Take the Pain Out of CAD For Hobbyists & Pros

When Sohrab Haghighat left the launchpad behind, he brought a bold idea with him to his new venture: what if artificial intelligence could do the boring parts of design inside the most popular CAD tools?

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 25, 2025
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Stronger Prints, Smarter Materials
Elegoo Launches Fiber-Reinforced Filament Starting at Just $9.99

Hobbyists and pros alike might want to rethink their next functional print. Elegoo just launched rugged, fiber-reinforced filaments at a surprising price.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 24, 2025
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Color-Matching
Your Brand’s Color in Resin: Formlabs Offers Custom Colors Delivered in a Week

New Color Resin V5 enables brand-specific or product-matched customized color resins based on any RGB value with consistency, Formlabs says.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 17, 2025
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Dial Up Flexibility
Qidi’s New Foaming TPU Filament Lets You Choose Your Level of Flexibility

Variable-hardness TPU can deliver parts ranging from super squishy to dense and rubbery depending on how you print it.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 17, 2025
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Etsy Backs Unique
Don’t Panic, Your Etsy 3D Prints Can Still Be Safe to Sell

A frenzy of social media posts have spread the idea that 3D printed parts, toys, and crafts are no longer allowed for sale on Etsy stores. Let’s dive into the facts.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 16, 2025
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Spot Repair
Study Finds 3D Printing to Repair Aging Bridges Could Save Billions and Keep Traffic Flowing

Cold spray 3D printing can replace welded and bolted plates for faster and more efficient infrastructure repair.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 13, 2025
Featured image of The World’s Largest 3D Printer Set to Build the World’s Largest 3D Printed Building in Qatar
Too Big to Print?
The World’s Largest 3D Printer Set to Build the World’s Largest 3D Printed Building in Qatar

Custom COBOD construction printers just started work on the first of two 20,000-square-meter schools in Qatar.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 12, 2025
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Print the Unprintable
We Found Six STL Repair Tools That Really Work

Slicing software can patch most minor issues in your STLs, but it can't reconstruct missing geometry, resolve deep structural faults, or handle tangled meshes. Here's what you need.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 11, 2025
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Wi3DP + ASME
Women in 3D Printing Joins American Society of Mechanical Engineers

As a program of the ASME, Women in 3D Printing aims to expand events and reach to promote diversity and inclusion within the manufacturing industry.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 10, 2025
Featured image of Revopoint’s Latest Pro-But-Affordable 3D Scanner Easily Surpasses $1 Million on Kickstarter
Look, No Tags
Revopoint’s Latest Pro-But-Affordable 3D Scanner Easily Surpasses $1 Million on Kickstarter

Raising more than 2,000% of its funding goal in just under two weeks, Revopoint is expecting its Trackit two-part scanner to be a hit.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 8, 2025
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You're Ready for More
10 Nylon Filaments That Are Worth 3D Printing With, From Budget to Pro

Ready to move on from PLA? Nylon is the go-to material for strong, flexible, and durable parts, but which filament is worth your cash.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 6, 2025
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Easier Modeling
Do Free Text-to-3D Model Generators Really Work? We Tested 3 of Them

AI holds promise for creating accurate 3D printable models from a complex text prompt, but they're not going to replace design software anytime soon.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 4, 2025
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A Family of FDMs
Meet the New UltiMaker S6: Speed of the S8, Simplicity of the S5

Move over UltiMaker S5, the S6 is four-times as fast. Take a look at the newest S-series FDM.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 3, 2025
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Put to the Test
Strength Showdown: SLA vs. DLP vs. LCD Resin 3D Printing

One winner emerges when researchers pit the three main resin 3D printing technologies against each other to see which produces the strongest parts.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 3, 2025
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A Fix for Flexible Filament
Prusa Debuts TPU Filament Designed to Fix the Hassles of Printing with Flexibles

Soft and bendable objects have never been easier to 3D print with a TPU manufactured for consistency, repeatability, and industrial-grade performance, says Prusa Research.

by Carolyn Schwaar Jun 2, 2025
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Versatile & Durable
What’s the Best Material to 3D Print With? We’re Going to Say Nylon, Here’s Why

Nylon is a strong and versatile all-purpose 3D printing material for parts that last. Learn why it's our top pick and how to print with it.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 30, 2025
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Respectfully Modernizing
Iconic Harris Tweed Turns to 3D Printing to Modernize in a Tradition-Preserving Way

Harris Tweed weaves affordable 3D printing and part-consolidation via CAD software into a centuries-old craft.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 29, 2025
Featured image of Pantheon 3D Printed This Motorcycle in a Week on This 3D Printer
Survived the Jump Test
Pantheon 3D Printed This Motorcycle in a Week on This 3D Printer

Canadian 3D printing startup, printed all the structural components for a fully functional motorbike — and the viral video proves it holds up to the ride.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 28, 2025
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Material Manual
The Ultimate Beginner-to-Pro Guide to 3D Printing Materials

There are thousands of materials used in 3D printing. In this guide, we cover the strongest, the cheapest, the most challenging, and everything that’s fit to 3D print.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 23, 2025
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CEADboat
New Factory Can 3D Print Fishing Boats in 88 Hours

Large format polymer 3D printer and material manufacturer CEAD aims to disrupt the boat-building business with its new specialized factory.

by Carolyn Schwaar May 20, 2025
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