3D printing is a surprisingly complicated hobby. Those who wish to successfully master the art need to know about the different file types that their digital blueprints can be saved to. Even those who ...

If you have a 3D printer already, do a Google search for press brake tooling, punches, or dies, and include STEP or STL files ...

STL files are everywhere. When there’s something to 3D print, it’s probably going to be an STL. Which, as long as the model is good just as it is, is no trouble at all. But sooner or later there will ...

Like many people, I have been preparing files for 3D printing using 3D modeling programs or downloading them from 3D model ...

COMPLEX SHAPES: A finished object by a Shapeway machine. Maybe when you first heard about it, you figured 3D printing would be too expensive. Or at least too complicated. Well, things have changed.

If you have just obtained your 3D printer and have an idea of something to print, you need some essential software tools for 3D printing to bring that idea to life ...

PrusaSlicer has a new feature: the ability to import a CAD model for 3D printing. Starting in version 2.5.0-beta1, PrusaSlicer can import STEP format 3D models. An imported STEP file is converted to a ...

Students will 3D-print a large-format model of their own digital architectural design using My ArchiSchool's in-house SLA 3D printer. Past projects include 3D prints of digital models created by ...