Advertisement

Popular articles

Featured image of Creating Tactile Artwork for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Mona Lisa Smile
Creating Tactile Artwork for the Blind and Visually Impaired

By converting 2D images into 3D objects, visiting a gallery and touching the art is not only allowed -- it's positively encouraged.

by Lily Kelting
Featured image of Makera Builds Out Its Ecosystem with New Software and Makerables CNC Project Repository
What's In a Name?
Makera Builds Out Its Ecosystem with New Software and Makerables CNC Project Repository

Makera has gotten its software ducks in a row to accommodate the intended audience for its beginner-friendly Z1 machine, and it all looks very familiar.

by Matthew Mensley
Featured image of This 2.5-Meter Metal 3D Printer Switches Between Wire & Powder
One Beam, Two Metals
This 2.5-Meter Metal 3D Printer Switches Between Wire & Powder

iAM3D’s enormous LPW Z2500 combines powder- and wire-fed laser DED in one machine, with a 2.5-meter-tall build envelope, 6-kW laser, and controlled argon atmosphere.

by Carolyn Schwaar
Featured image of Tungsten Carbide Was Too Hard to 3D Print, Not Anymore
Unprintable, Solved
Tungsten Carbide Was Too Hard to 3D Print, Not Anymore

Researchers in Japan have developed an additive manufacturing process for producing tungsten carbide-cobalt parts with industrial-grade hardness while potentially reducing material waste.

by Carolyn Schwaar
Featured image of Revopoint Trackit Review: Heavyweight 3D Scanner Lightens Your Workload
Track Star
Revopoint Trackit Review: Heavyweight 3D Scanner Lightens Your Workload

Revopoint’s expansion into workflow-enhancing 3D scanning forms continues with the Trackit, a multi-mode laser 3D scanner that, paired with its companion tracking tower, eliminates the need for painstaking use of tracking dots.

by Matthew Mensley
Featured image of 90% Faster Modeling-to-Print: Celebrate Hi3D’s 1st Anniversary with an Exclusive Look at Version 3.0
Sponsored Content
90% Faster Modeling-to-Print: Celebrate Hi3D’s 1st Anniversary with an Exclusive Look at Version 3.0

Launching soon, Hi3D 3.0 streamlines the AI-to-print workflow with new automation tools for model splitting and more, plus anniversary discounts of up to 80%.

Featured image of Prusa Launches Its First High-Speed PLA, Promising Up to 40% Faster Prints
"I Feel the Need..."
Prusa Launches Its First High-Speed PLA, Promising Up to 40% Faster Prints

New five-color series of high speed PLA filament suitable for the company’s CHT Nextruder nozzles boasts up to 40% print time gains in the right conditions, the company says.

by Matthew Mensley
Featured image of Fed Up With Enterprise FDM, Print Service Owners Built the $29.5K, 500°C R3 Printer to Challenge Market Giants
Enterprise Disruption
Fed Up With Enterprise FDM, Print Service Owners Built the $29.5K, 500°C R3 Printer to Challenge Market Giants

Los Angeles-based R3 Printing debuts a pair of liquid-cooled, open-material FDMs made in the USA and engineered for reliable, cloud-optional production.

by Carolyn Schwaar
Featured image of Fillamentum’s New NonOilen Colors Stay Food-Safe and Fully Recyclable
Hue Better Believe It
Fillamentum’s New NonOilen Colors Stay Food-Safe and Fully Recyclable

Fillamentum’s circular NonOilen filament expands with new colors that Fillamentum says keep the material’s reusability intact.

by Matthew Mensley
Featured image of Goodbye Filament: Peopoly’s New Giga 800 Brings Large-Format Pellet Printing to the $15K Mark
Large Scale
Goodbye Filament: Peopoly’s New Giga 800 Brings Large-Format Pellet Printing to the $15K Mark

With a massive 800mm build volume and a 3kg/hour extrusion rate, Peopoly’s pellet-fed disruptor is built to slash material costs by 90% and replace expensive industrial systems.

by Carolyn Schwaar
Advertisement
Advertisement
Featured image of Bambu Lab Took Down an OrcaSlicer Fork and Handed It a Bigger Audience
Bambura Streisand
Bambu Lab Took Down an OrcaSlicer Fork and Handed It a Bigger Audience

The prickly overlap between a subset of Bambu Lab users and the company itself flashed into the spotlight this month, following Bambu Lab pressuring a solo developer to take down an OrcaSlicer fork that reconnected the slicer to Bambu Lab's cloud infrastructure.

by Matthew Mensley
Featured image of 9x Faster Micro 3D Printing: Inside BMF’s New MicroArch S150 Ultra
Small, Yet Zoomy
9x Faster Micro 3D Printing: Inside BMF’s New MicroArch S150 Ultra

BMF announced the MicroArch S150 Series, pairing a new S150 Ultra with the existing S150 to create a two-tier accessible entry point into 25-micron-resolution resin printing.

by Matthew Mensley
Featured image of Autodesk’s New Wonder 3D Aims for High-Quality 3D Assets From AI with Text, Image Prompts
Prompts over Polys
Autodesk’s New Wonder 3D Aims for High-Quality 3D Assets From AI with Text, Image Prompts

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.

by Carolyn Schwaar
Featured image of The 3D Printing Market Just Hit $24.2B, but the Growth Is No Longer Where You Think
Production Over Sales
The 3D Printing Market Just Hit $24.2B, but the Growth Is No Longer Where You Think

The Wohlers Report 2026 reveals a massive industry pivot: 3D printing services are now the primary growth engine, with the Asia-Pacific region leading the global charge at nearly 20% expansion.

by Carolyn Schwaar
Featured image of Bambu Lab Ceases Production of the P1P, Outlines 5-Year End-of-Life Service
The Long Goodbye
Bambu Lab Ceases Production of the P1P, Outlines 5-Year End-of-Life Service

Bambu Lab’s product line-up continues to evolve with production of the skeletal P1P 3D printer ceasing today. The company has committed to years of further firmware and security updates for the printer, plus spares and support through to 2031.

by Matthew Mensley
Featured image of Is This U.S. Start-Up Really Building the World’s Fastest Metal 3D Printer?
Speed or Smoke
Is This U.S. Start-Up Really Building the World’s Fastest Metal 3D Printer?

Precision Additive claims its new PA series hits speeds of 10,000 cm³/h — ten times faster than industry leaders — but is it a breakthrough or just bold marketing?

by Carolyn Schwaar
Featured image of Stranger Things 3D Print: The Best STL Files
Printer Things
Stranger Things 3D Print: The Best STL Files

Stranger Things is back with your favorite characters and monsters. Read on to discover the coolest Stranger Things STLs you can 3D print!

Featured image of Why Your 3D Print Isn’t Sticking (And the 5-Minute Fix)
Boot Camp
Why Your 3D Print Isn’t Sticking (And the 5-Minute Fix)

Smart as your new 3D printer may be, trivial, easily-overlooked things can trip it over and result in no plastic sticking to the plate. Here are three quick fixes.

by Matthew Mensley
Featured image of Forget Carbon Fiber, Carbon Graphene Makes Nylon Composite Filament Twice as Strong
Carbon Mesh Nylon
Forget Carbon Fiber, Carbon Graphene Makes Nylon Composite Filament Twice as Strong

With a reported Z axis tensile strength of 60 MPa, the new graphene mesh outperforms 3DXTech by 2.5x and significantly surpasses industry-standard Stratasys Nylon 12CF.

by Carolyn Schwaar
Featured image of Reverse Engineering Made Easier: Creality’s New Scan-to-CAD Bundle
Save on Software
Reverse Engineering Made Easier: Creality’s New Scan-to-CAD Bundle

Creality is now bundling its scanners with a 20% discount on Quicksurface, making professional "scan-to-CAD" more accessible.

by Carolyn Schwaar
Advertisement
Advertisement