One of the most intimidating aspects of 3D printing can be the software element. If you can’t find a pre-designed 3D model that suits your needs, you might have to create your own, and making your own 3D design is…

Since the G1 Series went live on Kickstarter on July 23, the campaign’s comment section has become an active back-and-forth between HeyGears and prospective backers. We introduced the platform in our first look and covered the campaign launch earlier. The…

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) 3D printing is a powder bed fusion process that uses a laser to fuse polymer powder into solid, functional parts layer by layer. SLS 3D printing works by spreading thin layers of material, selectively sintering each…

An STL file (short for stereolithography) is the most common format for representing the geometry of an object to be 3D-printed. Unlike formats such as OBJ, 3MF, or AMF, STL describes only the shape using a mesh of triangles, without…

Tinkercad is a free, browser-based platform for 3D design, electronics, and beginner-level coding, developed by Autodesk. Autodesk acquired the tool in 2013, two years after its launch by former Google engineer Kai Backman and co-founder Mikko Mononen, and has since…

Professional ballet dancers can go through hundreds of pairs of pointe shoes each year. Could 3D printing change that? German startup act’ble believes it can. Ballet emerged in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries, but Italian shoemakers only toughened…