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

Netflix-style 3D printer platforms like Printables eliminate design barriers with millions of downloadable models, turning ...

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 ...

People can now download, share and edit files for use in 3D printers from a new government website. The site has files that can be used to create models of anything from a human brain to deadly ...

As rapid-fire advances enrich the 3D-printing landscape, file formats have to keep pace to support these changes, or there’s a risk of neutralizing further progress. In the beginning, there was the ...

Fractal Design's North mid-tower computer case is still relatively new, but its minimal design mix with stylish wood paneling has made it an instant classic among builders. The Fractal Design North ...

Look very closely at the reconstruction of the skull of newly discovered hominin ancestor Homo naledi. Can you tell that it's been 3D printed? According to John Hawks, a palaeoanthropologist on the ...

3D gun printing advocate Defense Distributed has emerged triumphant in a legal battle to freely publish online blueprints that could allow users to manufacture firearms. The victory spells the end of ...

At the big 3D Print Week event last month in New York City, Hewlett-Packard (HP) alluded to a big announcement related to 3D Printing file formats. A week later, at the Build 2015 event, Microsoft ...

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 ...