It's called AI Advisor and, functioning like other prompt-based tools, it answers your CAD/CAM and general design-related questions using PTC's accumulated knowledge of design best practices, plus the technical documentation for Onshape itself.
It can't design your models for you, though. PTC explains in a "What's New" video posted to YouTube that AI Advisor cannot access your data, meaning your discussions with it are securely abstracted from the part you are working on.
Containing 15% glass fibers, the company says PET-GF15 is a filament “built for strength, stability, and durability”.
All3DP, the world's largest 3D printing magazine, has launched "3D Print Pulse"! The podcast is the quickest way for pros and consumers to get the weekly news in under 10 minutes.
Following last week’s teaser, the full reveal of the Bambu Lab P2S is here. Much of it is familiar, and some of it is fresh.
Watchmaker Ming partnered with Sisma S.p.A and ProMotion SA to develop and print Polymesh, the brand's mesmerizing new watch strap. It's fashioned from 1,693 links and components sintered from grade 5 titanium, resulting in a strap that fastens with a traditional buckle but, Ming says, flows like fabric. The company sells the strap individually – no watch included – for 1,500 CHF (about $1,850) excluding taxes. A stainless steel variant is in development, too.
Bambu Lab’s next second generation machine is an update to the best selling P1S, bringing plenty of H-series influences for the same price as the P1S. We’ve been hands-on, and here are our thoughts.
Swedish extrusion specialist Bondtech recently updated its pricing policy, ditching fixed pricing in favor of flexible pricing that tracks the exchange rate daily. Customers across the EU, plus the UK, Switzerland, and Norway now benefit from pricing that tracks more favorably against the dollar.
For example, EU pricing is currently around 15% lower than it was before the change, with $1 USD buying ~€0.85 EUR. This new system means prices will fluctuate with each currency's value but, as the company explains, is fairer.
The Einstar 2 and Einstar Rockit both pack IR and laser line-based scanning tech, promising outdoors performance and convenience in pocketable form.
No bronze trophy, statue, or jewelry is out of reach with the various ways to 3D print solid bronze or bronze-looking 3D prints.
It's a simple question, but one that's been rattling around my mind this week after 3D Fuel permanently lowered the prices of some of its most popular filaments, and Polymaker slashed prices by 35% sitewide for its Restock Day sale. Cost gets the most attention, but does anything top that for you? What matters the most?
Following last week's release of the tough, non-stick ObXidian drop-in replacements for the A1 and A1 Mini machines, there's now the Diamondback. Fashioned from uber-hard lab-made diamond, the E3D DiamondBack hot end for A1/A1 Mini is a simple switch that offers top abrasion resistance. The obvious appeal of a nozzle like this is printing abrasive filaments, but the idea of never having to buy a nozzle again because it'll outlive the printer is also appealing.
Bambu Lab’s H2D 3D printer and 3D printing toy cultivator the CyberBrick have caught Time’s eye. But what has the internationally impactful publication had to say about them?
As reported on footwear trendspotting site Sole Retriever, Nike appears to have accidentally posted a new purple color Air Max 1000 on Zellerfeld, before taking them down again. Thought to release later this year, they'd join black as the second color of the high-profile 3D printed footwear release. Also on Sole Retriever, there's an update on Adidas' Climacool fully 3D printed slip-on sneakers, which are coming soon in a cool Grey Four variant in grey with contrasting black Adidas stripes.
With the release of Cura 5.11 beta, UltiMaker has boosted the performance of its S6 and S8 pro printers, as well as provided painting tools that should aid print quality improvements for users.
HP AM Solutions's new Parts Portal gives you on-demand access to industrial-scale 3D printing, without the in-house cost and complexity.
A teaser posted to the company’s social media channels focuses on the old printer's most recognizable, and maligned, feature – its display – beneath a big “REFRESH” message. So buckle up, a new printer is on its way.
Tech giant Qualcomm just scooped up open-source darling Arduino, the maker community’s favorite tinkering toolkit turned global phenomenon. The newly united duo promises to fuse Qualcomm’s AI horsepower with Arduino’s open-source spirit starting with the new $44 Arduino UNO Q, landing this month with a Dragonwing “dual-brain” processor. Qualcomm says it’s about democratizing AI; Arduino swears it’s still all about accessibility. Whether this partnership sparks the next wave of intelligent DIY innovation or shifts focuses on corporate IT remains to be seen.
For foundries, dental labs, and jewelers, messy burnouts and inaccurate parts lead to costly failures. A new UK-made photopolymer promises to deliver clean and precise results for all types of metal casting.
A new 'AirSword' system from EOS AMCM clears the air — literally — inside the build chamber of soot and debris to enable metal prints on an unprecedented scale.
In an industry that’s often quiet about security, Bambu Lab is making its entire playbook public. Here's what this new level of transparency means for you and every other 3D printer owner.