Once only featuring a handful of MakerBots and Shapeways, Adobe Photoshop CC has added ever greater 3D print preparation and export options, including printer profiles from small manufacturers like Type A Machines and direct export to 3D modeling sites like Sketchfab. Continue reading “Photoshop CC Expands 3D Printing Support to i.materialise”
MIT Students Develop Design Program that Automatically Creates Fabricable Parts (VIDEO)
A new 3D modelling program from students at MIT consists of a large database of fabricable design templates that will allow a casual user to easily create 3D objects that are ready to fabricate, including any support structures, screws, brackets or braces needed to create stable furniture. Continue reading “MIT Students Develop Design Program that Automatically Creates Fabricable Parts (VIDEO)”
LightWave 3D Group and Sketchfab Create Plug-In Software to Interactively Share and Publish LightWave 3D Models Online
The LightWave 3D Group, a division of NewTek, Inc., has teamed up with Sketchfab Inc. to deliver a free plug-in for LightWave 3D software version 11.5 or higher that seamlessly exports 3D models from LightWave to Sketchfab, a popular online web platform that allows users to publish, share, embed, and view interactive 3D models in real time. Continue reading “LightWave 3D Group and Sketchfab Create Plug-In Software to Interactively Share and Publish LightWave 3D Models Online”
3D-Print Your Own Readymade Copy of Marcel Duchamp’s Chess Set
Marcel Duchamp redefined the word “art” with his Readymades. Now, nearly 100 years later, artists Bryan Cera and Scott Kildall have made it possible to reproduce one of the conceptual artist’s personal belongings, on demand, through the magic of 3D printing. Continue reading “3D-Print Your Own Readymade Copy of Marcel Duchamp’s Chess Set”
SambaCan: the 3D printable drinking can holder & samba shaker in one!
Use it to support your national team in the FIFA World Cup Brazil and get some 3D printing vibes out there. You can have the SambaCan 3D printed at 3D Hubs or download the 3D model at YouMagine and 3D print one yourself. Continue reading “SambaCan: the 3D printable drinking can holder & samba shaker in one!”
Leveraging The Power Of 3D Cloud Printing (INFOGRAPHIC)
Two of the most exciting technologies to have hit the mainstream in recent years are finally finding a way to fuse together. 3D cloud printing has just begun helping consumers design and create their own versions of popular products. Continue reading “Leveraging The Power Of 3D Cloud Printing (INFOGRAPHIC)”
Body Labs working to Make 3D Body Models into Consumer Interface
In the not so far future, when you need to get a bespoke medical support product you will send the lab a 3D scan of yourself. When you want a dress/suit tailor made for you (or even 3D printed, or digitally knitted), you will send in a 3D scan of yourself. Further down the road you will send in a 3D scan of yourself to get a car 3D printed just for you. Continue reading “Body Labs working to Make 3D Body Models into Consumer Interface”
LOFT NedSense campaign: 3D printing as marketing tool for 3D-software
As one of the first in the Netherlands, LOFT NedSense has used a direct marketing campaign in cooperation with 3Dwergen to deliver a unique combination of classical marketing combined with 3D printing. What are our experiences? Continue reading “LOFT NedSense campaign: 3D printing as marketing tool for 3D-software”
3D sculptor Eric van Straaten offers 3D-model Repair Service
After six years of learning how to prepare 3D-models for additive manufacturing, I think it is a good idea to offer my extensive knowledge in this field of especially colored (textured) 3D-models to the online community. Continue reading “3D sculptor Eric van Straaten offers 3D-model Repair Service”
3D Printing app for all (VIDEO)
As 3D printing increases in education and seeps into the consciousness of this generation’s children the more apps we’ll see aimed at encouraging those little mites to make printable 3D models. Before they get onto SketchUp like those of Chenderit school many use software such as Tinkercad or Autodesk’s 123D apps, some use the Minecraft hack, Printcraft, which allows users to export models they’ve made inside the popular video games. Continue reading “3D Printing app for all (VIDEO)”