There are several 3D printing companies showcasing their new technologies at SolidWorks World 2011 (SWW11), currently being held in San Antonio, Texas. They include Roland DGA, Stratasys, Solidio, ...

A look at what happens when CAD design work is outsourced for 3D printing projects and the results it produces.

Historically, manufacturers and online retail companies have been forced to limit customization options based on quantity and scale. To produce an original design or custom option, manufacturers would ...

The race is on to use 3D printing to produce small-series parts, on demand and on location, for industries from aerospace to automotive. At stake is the shape of a $400 billion market for spare parts ...

Cornerstone of many useful things: This Prusa i3 part was modeled in OpenSCAD. Programmatic CAD, in particular the OpenSCAD language and IDE, has accompanied the maker movement for a while now. After ...

AI is transforming 3D printing by making design as intuitive as conversation, shifting the industry's focus to seamless ...

What a day and age we live in when you can design and edit CAD models in a virtual- or mixed-reality environment and then readily 3D-print those models when finished. It was only a short few years ago ...