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Astroprint Adds More Pieces To Their Ecosystem Puzzle

Astroprint has certainly been very busy lately, and this week added yet another piece of the puzzle.

Metal 3D Printing Simulation Arrives with exaSIM Ultimate

Since its founding in 2014, 3DSIM has been on a mission to address problems of quality and repeatability in metal additive manufacturing

AstroPrint Releases a Mobile App

We’ve learned that AstroPrint has produced mobile apps that work with their popular 3D printer set top box.

MasterpieceVR Allows Four Users to Collaborate & 3D Model Simultaneously

Creating a 3D model in VR isn’t as revolutionary as it once was.

Ultimaker Announces, But Does Not Yet Launch, Cura 3.0 and the Mysterious “Cura Connect”

3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker made an important software announcement this week at the TCT conference, describing an upgraded product and an entirely new package.

Dassault Systemes Points Elbows to Sky, Launches SOLIDWORKS 2018

Well, props to the mom’s of 1,000,000+ designers and engineers who, for reasons unbeknownst to them, gave a collective high-five from the sheer excitement of their sons and daughters learning SOLIDWORKS 2018 was indeed released and now available.

Every 3D Polyhedron You’d Ever Want to 3D Print

Stella, a “Polyhedron Navigator” provides a way to very quickly generate almost any type of polyhedron.

Autodesk Remakes ReMake into ReCap Photo

One of the best cloud services for photogrammetry just changed itself around.

Astonishing: ANSYS Announces Real Time Design Simulation with Discovery Live

ANSYS today announced a new product, Discovery Live, which provides astonishing real time engineering simulations.

What is ANSYS Up To?

ANSYS is planning a major announcement on Thursday, but what is it about?

Cool New Features in Cura Version 2.7

Ultimaker has released an updated version of Cura, and there are some very tasty new features.

3D Print Community: PotterDraw

This month’s community support selection is PotterDraw, a software project to very easily generate vases and other cylindrical shapes.

Autodesk Adds SIM + CAM to Product Design & Manufacturing Collection

We LOVE collecting things–Odd design tools, pencil shavings, quesadilla drippings, and software, especially software.

Fusion 360 Updated with New Features

One of the great benefits of cloud-based software is that it is usually updated frequently. That’s what happened with Fusion 360 last week.

Simplify3D Goes 4.0 With a Ton of New 3D Printing Features

3D print software Simplify3D has been updated to version 4.0, which contains a boatload of very powerful 3D print control features.

5 Reasons Designers Shouldn’t Do Their Own CAD

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When all you know is SolidWorks, everything you design will look like RoboCop. You can do better.

Another Autodesk Experimental 3D System Comes to Market

Autodesk made what could be a milestone announcement this week, as generative features are coming to Netfabb, “later this year”.

Power Surfacing for SOLIDWORKS Update Brings G2 Continuity and More

If you have a leather jacket that says SOLIDWORKS on one side and Class A Surfacing on the other, you are a TOTAL BADASS.

Alibre Cranks on the Burners. Starts Serving Up Hot 3D Modeling Software Again

Remember Alibre?

Coreform Uses Exact Geometry (Not A Mesh) to Bring You Next-Gen FEA

Remember when you had to create a mesh of your model to run any sort of simulation?

Simulating Your Way out of 3D Printing’s Problems

3D printing is quickly transforming from a method for prototyping and making tooling into a technology for manufacturing end parts.

Autodesk’s Roadmap for Fusion 360

Fusion 360 is Autodesk’s flagship product for 3D CAD in the market. But where is it going? Let’s find out.

Why is Autodesk Meshmixer Still Alive?

I’ve noticed a reason why Autodesk’s free Meshmixer tool might still be supported.

Instantly 3D Print Cities with SketchUp PlaceMaker

SketchUp has a very interesting extension called “PlaceMaker” that can instantly generate 3D models of cities.

Checking Out MakerBot’s New “MinFill” Option

MakerBot announced a very intriguing feature to their slicing program, “MinFill”.

nTopology’s 3D Lattice Generation Tools

nTopology provides software to generate complex lattices, perfect for use in 3D printing projects.

The Consolidation of Inexpensive 3D Design Tools

For several years there have been a great deal of choices when it came to 3D design for those on a budget. Now, there’s less choice.

Prusa Introduces “Smooth Variable Layer Height” to Combine Speed AND Quality

Open source desktop 3D printer manufacture Prusa Labs introduced a fascinating new feature in their slicing software that attempts to resolve the eternal trade off between quality of print and print speed in 3D printing.

3D Slash Releases Version 3.0

France-based 3D Slash released a new version of their popular entry-level 3D design tool with some useful features.

3 Features That Make Fusion 360 a Powerful Engineering Tool

I know, I know. I sealed off simulation with the 5 reasons I would use Simulation in Fusion 360 months ago.

Adobe Pushes Deeper Into 3D and UX Design

Right out of the gate for 2017, Adobe is offering a pair of applications featured at the Adobe MAX 2016 conference

Onshape In-Context Assembly Design is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen

Throughout all the years (decades? yeow!) I’ve use 3D modeling software, I can’t think of a time where I didn’t use some type of in-context assembly design.

HoloLens App Shows How 3D Modeling Works for Augmented/Mixed Reality

Little by little augmented/mixed reality (AR/MR) is slipping past the surly bonds of consumption with more and more imagining, nay DEMONSTRATING, what 3D design could be like using devices that are, at least, sure to give us chuckles at the possibilities and, at most, completely take over our every waking hour.

Vectary Online 3D Modeling Platform Blasts Out of Beta

Take that last swig of cold coffee and check this out. Vectary, the online 3D modeling platform, is now out of beta.

Ultimaker Launches Remote 3D Printing

Ultimaker just launched a new app to complement their new Ultimaker 3D desktop 3D printer, and it includes the ability to do remote 3D printing.

Autodesk Consolidates The 123D Suite

For several years Autodesk has supported the 3D modeling and 3D printing community through their highly useful 123D suite. Now, that may change.

Shapr3D for iPad Pro Adds Sketch Constraints, Dimensioning and More

Right when you think everyone gave up on putting parametric 3D CAD software on an iPad, a small, rebellious group of software developers launches an app that puts those large, money-laden software companies to shame.

Autodesk’s PrintOne Enables Safe Generation of 3D Printed Musical Instruments

Designing a musical instrument just got a lot simpler thanks to an experiment by Autodesk.

Topology Optimization for 3D Printing Hits the Cloud with Generate

As a manufacturing technology, 3D printing is only as powerful as the designs that it is used to create.

5 New, Must See Features Coming to Fusion 360

If you want to find out what Autodesk is up too, Autodesk University is the place to be each year.

Trinkcle’s B2B Product Generation System

I’ve always thought that generative approaches may be the way for consumers to get into 3D printing, but there’s actually another more important use.

Siemens Launches 3D Printing Software Suite

There’s no more need to say that 3D printing has finally “made it” in the world of industrial manufacturing. Now, it’s time to really make it work and to fully integrate it into the manufacturing supply chain.

AIO Robotic’s New Multi-Color Option

AIO Robotics has introduced an interesting new feature that enables basic color changing on their desktop 3D printer.

Microsoft’s Paint 3D: Introductory, Not Revolutionary

Windows 10 now includes Paint 3D, a simple 3D modeling program.

Variable Layer Slicing for The Ember 3D Printer: Good Idea or Not?

Autodesk has introduced something called “VariSlice” for their Ember desktop 3D printers.

Structural Analysis with Altair HyperWorks’ OptiStruct

Designing a mechanical part requires much more than simply the geometric shape; other factors must be analyzed and accounted for, and that requires powerful software.

Sigma Labs Hopes to Enable Many More 3D Printing Uses

While 3D printing technologies continue to be adopted by manufacturing, there are still some challenges.

3D Print Community: RhinoSlic3r

This month’s community support selection is the RhinoSlic3r project by Quentin Labrosse.

Netfabb Basic: Lost, Then Found!

A while ago we posted a short piece wondering what the heck happened to the very popular Netfabb Basic software. Now, there’s an answer. A few actually.

And Where Did Netfabb Basic Go?

After our story regarding Netfabb’s new release last week, an anonymous reader pointed out that Netfabb’s “Basic” version appears to be missing.

Autodesk Releases Upgraded NetFabb

Autodesk released Autodesk Netfabb 2017, which includes numerous improvements.

3D Printing Software That Might Pay For Itself

France-based Deltaface has produced 3D print preparation software that could save you some money.

Printr’s Intelligent Dual Extrusion Wiping Feature

Netherlands-based Printr released a new slicing feature for their Formide system that increases the reliability of dual extrusion 3D prints.

Autodesk Announces Gift of $25,000 in Product Design Software for Every Fab Lab

When it comes to equipping tomorrow’s designers and engineers with the tools they need to create compelling projects today, few companies have been as generous in offering access to software, tools and even fabrication facilities as Autodesk has.

3MF Releases Production-Oriented Extensions

The 3MF Consortium released two interesting specification extensions that are designed to make life much easier for production environments.

Autodesk Announces Design Graph, Punches Shape Search in Solar Plexus

You know when you cried into that bucket of bolts because you couldn’t find the matching hardware? Those were sad, rough times.

The New Emendo is 10X Faster

Emendo, a STL file repair utility from Avante Technology, boasts a dramatic processing speed up of ten times over the previous version.

6 Steps to Understanding Integrated CAM in Fusion 360 (and Why It Matters)

The O’Jays. Remember those guys? Probably not, but I guarantee you’ve heard their most popular song, For the Love of Money.

Simplify3D v3.1 is Overflowing with Printer Support

Simplify3D announced and released a new version, 3.1, that includes support for a ridiculous number of new 3D printers, and also some very interesting enhancements.

Software Catchup: Type A Machine’s Radical 3D Print Infill

In the world of 3D printing, much has been accomplished in increasing hardware capabilities, but it seems that software often lags behind.

Autodesk Remakes Autodesk Memento Into Autodesk ReMake

Autodesk continues shuffling their 3D products around, with the popular Memento system being renamed as “ReMake”.

5 Ways Fusion 360 Improves Team Collaboration

Well, well, well. We have quite a cocktail coming together here. We’ve poured in some Fusion 360 part modeling and assembly features, and squeezed in a little simulation.

Materialise Packages Up All The 3D Printing Software You Need In One Bundle

Materialise is perhaps best known for their 3D printing services to industry, but they also create very powerful software, too. Now they’ve bundled it all together.

Powerful Cura Open Beta 3D Print Slicer Is Ready For You To Download

Ultimaker has released a new open-beta version of Cura, their popular slicing software, and there’s much good news and a bit of bad news.

Can You Use ReCap 360 On An iPad? Yes You Can!

Well, sort of. Autodesk has announced a technology preview of ReCap 360 Mobile that qualified persons can join.

Gravity Sketch Simplifies Touch-Based 3D Design

A fun 3D design app has launched: Gravity Sketch.

YSoft’s 3D Printer Management System To Supercharge Education Adoption

This is something I’ve not seen before: a usage management system that’s integrated into a 3D printer.

Arevo Labs’ Fascinating Materials and Software

In the middle of Silicon Valley lies the headquarters of an advanced 3D printing company: Arevo Labs, who produce some extremely interesting materials and software.

Capassity’s Cloudy Twist On 3D Scanning

A new 3D scanning option is available, but it’s not the kind of scanning system you’re used to.

3Digify Offers An Unusual 3D Scan Proposition For Pros And Hobbyists

A new startup offers a 3D scanning solution that has some interesting characteristics.

Materialise Hopes To Open Path To Increased 3D Printing In Hospitals

Belgium-based Materialise announced new software that should enable medical professionals to make significantly greater use of 3D printing technologies.

Microsoft Updates 3D Builder App For Windows 10

Did you know Microsoft produces a 3D modeling app? They’ve just updated it, too.

Solidworks Developing “Apps For Kids”

Solidworks is perhaps the best known 3D modeling system for industry, but now they’re introducing 3D tools for kids.

Stratasys Integrates With Adobe To Enable Easier Color 3D Printing

One of the questions we pondered when Stratasys announced their Connex3 color 3D printer line was, “exactly how does one easily create color 3D models?” Now that question seems to be answered.

MeshMixer 3.0 Enables Multi-Material 3D Printing

Autodesk’s 123D team has released version 3.0 of MeshMixer, their free – and amazing – 3D modeling utility. This time, it’s all about multiple materials.

There Are More Software Engineers Than Hardware At AIO Robotics, And It Shows

The AIO Robotics ZEUS desktop 3D printer seems to have far greater software powers than other devices.

The iPad Pro Attracts a 3D Modeling System: Shapr3D

We’ve seen the appearance of a couple of finger-based iPad applications, but now there’s one specifically designed for the iPad Pro and its Apple Pencil.

Hands On With The Morphi App

We’re testing Morphi on one of our lab iPads, and it seems to be a very good introductory 3D modeling tool.

Generate 3D Printable Rings – And Your Voice, Too!

We’re checking out a new tool to generate custom-designed 3D models of rings and another to “solidify” your voice!

Autodesk Memento Now Available for OS X

If you haven’t tried Autodesk Memento for optical 3D processing, you might want to, especially now that it’s available for both Windows and OS X.

Hands On With The Ultimaker 2 Extended: Software

This is part 2 of our short series on the Ultimaker 2 Extended. Today we’re talking about software.

MakerBot Speeds Up 3D Printing?

MakerBot released an update to their slicing software, MakerBot Desktop, which they say can significantly speed up 3D printing.

Could You Use ZYYX’s Multi-Color 3D Printing Technique?

ZYYX, manufacturers of an interesting desktop 3D printer, have released a video showing a fascinating technique for multi-color printing that you might be able to use.

Is The Most Popular 3D Modeling Software For You? Maybe Not!

i.materialise published a handy list of what they believe to be the most popular 3D modeling software packages, but we have some questions.

Artists Get a Hand Making Colorful 3D Prints

In a major announcement at Adobe MAX, 3D printing and additive manufacturing leader, Stratasys, and design software giant, Adobe, revealed that they will be joining forces to provide high-quality, color 3D printing solutions for creative professionals around the world.