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 ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

What Is Slicer Software and How Does it Enable 3D Printing? 3D printing, a type of additive manufacturing, works by creating objects layer-by-layer based on a digital computer-aided design (CAD) model ...

3D printing is something that most technology and art enthusiasts are interested in, but everyday people don’t need it. This is the widespread notion everyone has about 3D printing these days, but ...

In further proof that consumer 3D printers are approaching mainstream acceptance, Microsoft recently announced native support for 3D printers. This means that users will be able to 3D print objects in ...

Before we start, let's get the legal stuff out of the way: Nanowerk will not be held liable for data breaches, infected/hacked devices, or ISP logging caused by downloading 3rd party applications or ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft plans to offer more information on plans to develop a new file format for 3D printing ...

If 3D printing companies and government agencies hope to police the spread of dangerous or pirated digital shapes, their task is about to get much more complicated. Late last month Matthew ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Currently the third most-popular 3D printer in the U.S., the $1,599 H-Series printer from Afinia, a division of ...

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

Designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez likes to toy with our perceptions of media, creating chandeliers from computer mice and 3D printing Venus de Milo from Google Images. The results of his work always ...