3D printing can be a fun and productive hobby and skill, but there can be a lot of confusion around the files involved. Here are some you should know about.

The best 3D printers for beginners offer simple setup, flexibility, and an intuitive interface to help get users up and printing.

I made some mistakes learning how to use the $300 Elegoo Centauri Carbon 3D printer, but it didn't take me long to make my first part.

Autodesk's Tinkercad is a free Web-based design tool that enables you to create 3D objects, then download those creations in a printer-friendly format. Here's how to get started.

There are many 3D printing services–all with varying services, quality, turnaround times and pricing so we found the best 3D printing services.

The scanning process generates 700 captured surfaces, which are automatically stitched together using Artec’s advanced algorithms to produce an electronic file ready for 3D printing.

The "on-the-fly" 3D printing setup outputs the design that's being worked on as its created in a CAD file, allowing the user to pause for testing, measurements or to change the model that's still ...