3D printing is something that most technology and art enthusiasts are interested in, but everyday people don’t need it. This is the widespread notion everyone has about 3D printing these days, but ...

B radley Rothenberg, cofounder and CEO of nTopology, is building next generation design software that relies on mathematical computations to create 3D-printed parts and products that are lighter and ...

Historically, manufacturers and online retail companies have been forced to limit customization options based on quantity and scale. To produce an original design or custom option, manufacturers would ...

Local Motors will be using Autodesk's Spark, a new open platform for 3D printing, as it continues to develop the Strati, the world’s first 3D-printed full-size car. First, let's look at Autodesk's 3D ...

Dnatives premieres its series, Between Layers, a teen entrepreneur runs a 6-figure 3D printing business, and more!

An open-source 3D printer is a device where all or some of the materials required to create the printer and the software that ...

Rocket engineering is shifting from painstaking machining and welding to a world where engines and tanks emerge from printers ...

A new open-source tool is reshaping how engineers design multi-material objects. Charles Wade, a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at CU Boulder, has created a design ...

What Is Slicer Software and How Does it Enable 3D Printing? 3D printing, a type of additive manufacturing, works by creating objects layer-by-layer based on a digital computer-aided design (CAD) model ...

Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

One of the tremendous advantages of Additive Manufacturing (AM) is that you can send digital files instead of sending physical parts. But how do you make sure your designs are protected? How can you ...

With increased confidence in 3D printing, more design engineers are looking to see where new processes could add a competitive edge. While cost associated with 3D printing is reducing, metal printing ...