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We remember Gutenberg as the inventor of movable type and Edison as the inventor of the light bulb. Each made critical advancements, but each had important predecessors as well. And so it was with 3D printing. WHO INVENTED THE 3D PRINTER? Patent drawing from an abandoned French 3D printer. Source: static1.squarespace.com Charles “Chuck” Hull deservedly takes… Continue Reading History of 3D Printing – Who Invented the 3D Printer?

You probably heard how 3D printing will change the manufacturing industry, rebuild the housing industry and potentially reshape education. However there is one industry that will gain a lot from 3D printing technology, and that industry is the fashion world. The 3D Printing Fashion Revolution From the creation of product samples to designing fully wearable products,… Continue Reading High-Fashion Meets 3D Printing: 9 3D Printed Dresses for the Future

Nera, a fully 3D-printed motorbike designed by NOWlab, the innovation arm of German additive manufacturing company BigRep, has been unveiled with futuristic visuals akin to the Batmobile and the vehicles in Blade Runner. Billed as a “world first” by the company, all parts of the Nera electric motorbike – excluding the electrical components – have been 3D-printed, including… Continue Reading BigRep Reveals “World’s First” Fully 3D-printed Motorbike

There’s not much that hasn’t already been said of 3D printing or the predicted revolution that promised to transform manufacturing and put a MakerBot in every home. While the technology continues to evolve, with new applications like cutting-edge medical uses and building-size structures, it has yet to truly overtake industrial production in the mainstream market–though not for lack… Continue Reading Will 3D-printed Design Ever Be More Than a Tech Fetish?

 Engineering firm Arup and architecture studio CLS Architetti collaborated on the project, which was exhibited during Milan design week this year. Arup and CLS Architetti unveiled the 3D-printed house during Milan design week Named 3D Housing 05, the structure was printed within Milan’s Piazza Cesare Beccaria square in just a week. After construction, the 100-square-meter house contained a living area,… Continue Reading How 3D-printed House Was Built In a Week

Kickstarter and Autodesk are arguably the two biggest companies heavily invested in the 3D printing industry. Autodesk is a pioneer in the 3D CAD modeling world, developing software that a majority of designers, architects, and engineers use to prototype and manufacture their products. Kickstarter, a community of creators, relies on 3D printing too as makers… Continue Reading Autodesk And Kickstarter Designed A 3d File To Help You Test 3d Printers

Patches may be a dog, but she could end up being a role model for the treatment of humans with certain types of cancer. Patches is a dachshund who had a large tumor weighing on her head, growing into her skull and pushing toward her brain and eye. Michelle Oblak of the Ontario Veterinary College… Continue Reading Lucky dog gets 3D-printed skull plate after tumor removal

3D printing simulation is a fairly broad term that covers any simulation aspect of the 3D printing process, ranging from the melting of particles in a feedstock to the actual toolpath simulation required to build a part. As you can imagine, there is a range of different companies offering simulation solutions for each and every… Continue Reading 3D Printing Simulation: Where Are We Now?

Australia’s gun enthusiasts aren’t particularly enthused about 3D printed plastic guns. “Any experienced shooter is likely to say – no thanks, I like these five fingers. And two eyes!” said Graham Park, president of the Shooters Union, which represents around 200,000 of the country’s firearm owners. “In shooting circles they’re considered a joke because they’re… Continue Reading Download. Print. Kill? The rise of 3D printed guns in Australia

Autodesk has announced the newest version of Netfabb, their additive manufacturing, and design software. Netfabb provides a toolset for managing printers, setting up models, simulating prints, and generating lattices. Netfabb 2019.0 brings enhancements to simulation, latticing, cloud storage, machine workspaces, and more. To begin, Netfabb 2019 has overhauled the way users access their different machines,… Continue Reading Autodesk’s 3D Printing Toolset Gets 2019 Update

A model of a UConn competition car. How a team from UConn used 3D scanning in a competition The Formula SAE competitions challenge teams of university undergraduate and graduate students to design and fabricate a small, formula-style vehicle. There are very few restrictions to the overall car design. Teams typically spend eight to twelve months… Continue Reading Reverse Engineering

One of the problems that all fans of FDM 3D printing is ribbing of external surfaces. Since the technology itself is based on the successive application of plastic layers, this effect can not be avoided. You can, of course, make it less visible by increasing the vertical resolution of the printer (ie, applying thinner layers),… Continue Reading Printed 3D Models Refinement

Sometimes the shape of an object prevents the easy 3D scanning of its entire surface. In these cases the resultant 3D model will have holes. Filling these holes is an often time consuming process and when automated can yield imperfect results, smoothing over details that existed in the physical object, and producing an inaccurate 3D… Continue Reading Automated Software Fills Holes And Prepares Model For 3D Printing

Maybe you’ve been curious about what’s inside the chocolate.  Scientists at the UK’s University of Manchester have used X-Ray Computer Tomography to scan a chocolate Easter bunny, an Easter egg, a Toblerone, a Crème Egg, a Kit Kat, Maltesers, Ferrero Rocher, and a Double Decker bar. The Easter holiday is proving a tricky time: the researchers… Continue Reading Easter Experiments With Chocolate and X-Ray

Easter is over in most of the countries and we’ve gathered interesting accessories that people have printed for the holiday. Here you may find a lot of interesting related 3D models. Cookie Cutter Easter Eggs Easter Bunny Egg Formed Lampshade Egg Holders