Parts printed out of TPU are extremely tricky to paint due to poor adhesion. Read this flexible guide to paint your flexible material!
Reference images for 3D modeling are essential to creating great models. Check out the best sites for them!
Looking for unique 3D prints? Check out our Designer Spotlight profile on Esther Yam (a.k.a. cyanidesugar) and find what you're after!
Need some themeing for your Mario party? Some decor for your game room? Or just a controller stand with cart storage? This print is for you.
A new G-code simulator dropped this week. It's fun to watch, and maybe a first step towards an innovation.
Cold spray 3D printing can replace welded and bolted plates for faster and more efficient infrastructure repair.
Okay, it's a convenient anniversary sale, but running from today through June 16, it does line up nicely with the other 3D printing sales we rounded up in a recent article – right?
For HueForge's part, the popular "filament painting" software is offering a 60% discount on lifetime personal and annual limited commercial licenses, with similar discounts on the annual and lifetime professional licenses. "This is the largest discount of the year!" HueForge says, so take advantage if you've been on the fence!
Check out our top picks for 3D printer tables and stands to buy or DIY. Here, you'll find the best solution for your needs and budget.
A new 3D printing cleaning product has great potential to improve the way we keep our machines in shape.
By partnering with Australian fashion brand Amiss, Creality is demonstrating how technology can bring success to the runway.
There's a whole bunch of 3D printing and maker-tech sales going on right now. We've rounded them up, and highlighted some of our favorite deals from each.
Custom COBOD construction printers just started work on the first of two 20,000-square-meter schools in Qatar.
The potential of 3D printing as a frontline, battle-tested, equipment repair and production method is working its way up the chain of command. U.S. General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine told a recent congressional hearing: “I’m really encouraged by the innovation that’s happening to look at things like additive manufacturing, where we get a hold of the specs … and can just 3D print right on the spot.”
It's easier than you think to convert a 3D printer to a laser cutter! Check out this quick guide to learn more.
In a significant move for computer-controlled manufacturing enthusiasts, the team behind the popular laser-cutting software LightBurn introduces MillMage.
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.
Accelaser says its laser cutting and engraving system is over four times as fast as competitors, and is headed by a former-Snapmaker employee who has helped deliver on two other Kickstarter campaigns.
The how-to book was written by Justin Gohde and Marius Kintel, OpenSCAD's primary author and maintainer, and can be had for $18 in the No Starch Press "Coding for the Curious" Bundle.
That's $6 off its regular ebook price, and comes with 10 other programming books from the publisher that can help you learn C++, Ruby, CSS3, and more. Even more if you opt for the 18-book $23 bundle, which adds instructional texts for JavaScript, PHP, R, and more, still for $1 less than the OpenSCAD ebook's usual retail price.
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.
in the company's latest contest. Until June 20th, anyone with an Anycubic printer from the company's webstore or official Amazon store can win 2 kg of filament or resin. Just find the contest announcement on social media, follow Anycubic's account, and comment with which Anycubic 3D printer you have, and what you've named it. Then, just submit your details on this form. You can even enter for each machine you've purchased.
The contest page reads more like a straight giveaway than a contest, honestly – though I can't be sure. So, pick a name and try to snag yourself some free materials!
