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2011 Make Parts Fast Handbook
- What you need to know about Subtractive Prototyping
- Tips on selecting 3D printers
- Fused Deposition Modeling and Material Advances
- A Multitude of Materials for Additive Manufacturing
- Stereolithography – Shaping Resins
- Selective Laser Sintering
- 3D Scanners Reproduce Reality
3D Printers
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- Are you a “power user?”
- Wohlers Associates 2012 report shows 30% growth for additive manufacturing
- A closer look at extrusion-based 3D printers
- Patience, you impatient critics
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- 3D Printing technology helps build service robot exoskeleton
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Recognizes Excellence
- Who has the best 3D printer?
3D Scanners
- From a Scanned Concept to a Parametric 3D CAD
- An easier way to scan large objects
- Creaform introduces expanded and enhanced MetraSCAN 3D Optical CMM scanners
- 3D scanner aids in development of novel scooter
- Next Generation of Shop Floor CMMs Focus on Portability
- New automated 3D scanner
- Combining sight and touch—Geomagic acquires Sensable
- Rapidform XOR directly compatible with Autodesk Inventor
- Geomagic updates its 3D Imaging and Metrology product line
- Schneider Electric installs a Zeiss CT scanning system for its engineers
Additive Manufacturing
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- Are you a “power user?”
- Wohlers Associates 2012 report shows 30% growth for additive manufacturing
- A closer look at extrusion-based 3D printers
- Patience, you impatient critics
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- 3D Printing technology helps build service robot exoskeleton
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Recognizes Excellence
- Who has the best 3D printer?
Aerospace
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- An easier way to scan large objects
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Scale model tunneling machine wins Grand Prize at Roland DG’s 30th Anniversary Global Event
- Creaform introduces expanded and enhanced MetraSCAN 3D Optical CMM scanners
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Know your Intellectual property rights in 3D printing
- 3D scanner aids in development of novel scooter
- Proto Labs’ Latest Cool Idea! Is Part Airplane, Part Helicopter and All Cool
- Next Generation of Shop Floor CMMs Focus on Portability
Architecture
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- An easier way to scan large objects
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Know your Intellectual property rights in 3D printing
- Stratasys Offers Complete Printing Packages for Dimension 3D Printers
- How to include screw threads into 3D printed parts
- Scientists from Université Laval to push limits of 3D scanning
- Architects impress clients thanks to 3D printer
Automotive
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- An easier way to scan large objects
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Scale model tunneling machine wins Grand Prize at Roland DG’s 30th Anniversary Global Event
- Creaform introduces expanded and enhanced MetraSCAN 3D Optical CMM scanners
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Know your Intellectual property rights in 3D printing
- 3D scanner aids in development of novel scooter
- Stratasys Offers Complete Printing Packages for Dimension 3D Printers
Cast Urethanes
- RedEye On Demand adds cast urethane molding to capabilities
- Fast prototyping speeds development of breakthrough vision screening
- RAPID 2011; Simthsonian Curator and founding fathers of additive manufacturing to speak
CNC Milling Machines
- Scale model tunneling machine wins Grand Prize at Roland DG’s 30th Anniversary Global Event
- Proto Labs initiates public offering
- Use a smart phone to share digital microscope images
- Unique additive manufacturing process for building metal parts–electron beam direct manufacturing
- CNC machining speeds the development of custom gearwheels
- Register for Additive Manufacturing Users Group conference
- What you need to know about Subtractive Prototyping
- Roland DG Celebrates 30th Anniversary with the Roland Creative Awards
- Proto Labs Names Cool Idea! Honorable Mentions
- New materials for subtractive prototyping
Consumer Products
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Creaform introduces expanded and enhanced MetraSCAN 3D Optical CMM scanners
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Know your Intellectual property rights in 3D printing
- 3D scanner aids in development of novel scooter
- 3D Systems introduces ProJet 3500 3D printer
- Stratasys Offers Complete Printing Packages for Dimension 3D Printers
- Next Generation of Shop Floor CMMs Focus on Portability
Entertainment
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Know your Intellectual property rights in 3D printing
- Stratasys Offers Complete Printing Packages for Dimension 3D Printers
- Next Generation of Shop Floor CMMs Focus on Portability
- 3D Systems latest acquisition expands content for the Cubify 3D printer
- How to include screw threads into 3D printed parts
- Rapidform XOR directly compatible with Autodesk Inventor
Equipment
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- Are you a “power user?”
- Wohlers Associates 2012 report shows 30% growth for additive manufacturing
- A closer look at extrusion-based 3D printers
- Patience, you impatient critics
- From a Scanned Concept to a Parametric 3D CAD
- An easier way to scan large objects
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- 3D Printing technology helps build service robot exoskeleton
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
FDM
- Wohlers Associates 2012 report shows 30% growth for additive manufacturing
- A closer look at extrusion-based 3D printers
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Recognizes Excellence
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Elects Board
- Stratasys Offers Complete Printing Packages for Dimension 3D Printers
- Here are the 2012 winners of Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge
- How to include screw threads into 3D printed parts
Featured
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- Are you a “power user?”
- A closer look at extrusion-based 3D printers
- Patience, you impatient critics
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- 3D Printing technology helps build service robot exoskeleton
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- 3D scanner aids in development of novel scooter
- 3D Systems introduces ProJet 3500 3D printer
- Stratasys Offers Complete Printing Packages for Dimension 3D Printers
Industrial
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- An easier way to scan large objects
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- 3D Printing technology helps build service robot exoskeleton
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Scale model tunneling machine wins Grand Prize at Roland DG’s 30th Anniversary Global Event
- Creaform introduces expanded and enhanced MetraSCAN 3D Optical CMM scanners
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Know your Intellectual property rights in 3D printing
- 3D scanner aids in development of novel scooter
Industries
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- An easier way to scan large objects
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- 3D Printing technology helps build service robot exoskeleton
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Scale model tunneling machine wins Grand Prize at Roland DG’s 30th Anniversary Global Event
- Creaform introduces expanded and enhanced MetraSCAN 3D Optical CMM scanners
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Know your Intellectual property rights in 3D printing
- 3D scanner aids in development of novel scooter
Injection Molding Production
- Proto Labs’ Latest Cool Idea! Is Part Airplane, Part Helicopter and All Cool
- When NOT to Draft
- 3D scanning ensures injection mold accuracy
- Material Matters: Acetal
- Cut to the Bone–how to remove weight from designs
- Proto Labs initiates public offering
- Bigger and Better
- Tips on Clips Part 2: Make it Snappy
- QuicKaddy Design is Latest Cool Idea! winner
- Fast prototyping speeds development of breakthrough vision screening
Leslie's blog
- Are you a “power user?”
- Patience, you impatient critics
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- What’s the next great feature of 3D printers?
- From research to reality—the 3D printing of human tissue advances
- 3-D Printers used in research and treatment of health conditions
- Turn sound into 3D printed reality
- The potential nightmare of “democratizing” 3D printing
Machining / Milling
- Additive “printing” of metal
- What you need to know about Subtractive Prototyping
- Proto Labs Names Cool Idea! Honorable Mentions
- Study Compares Subtractive and Additive Approaches
- Subtractive prototyping with plastic
- Wohlers reports 3D printing industry growth of 24.1%
- Anodizing and Nickel Plating Now Available for Aluminum Parts from QuickCutCNC™
- Proto Labs launches Cool Idea! Award to support innovators
- Quickparts® launches new E-Commerce portal
- MIT’s Fabrication Labs enable users to solve problems
Materials
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- RedEye On Demand adds cast urethane molding to capabilities
- Material Matters: Acetal
- Cut to the Bone–how to remove weight from designs
- Guest Blog: Powder vs. Plastic … Redux
- A closer look at injection molding
- Introducing VisiJet® Black for 3D printing
- Objet shows new 3D printing materials at EuroMold 2011
- 3D printing—without supports
- Stratasys eases support material removal for polycarbonate
Medical
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- 3D Printing technology helps build service robot exoskeleton
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Know your Intellectual property rights in 3D printing
- 3D Systems introduces ProJet 3500 3D printer
- Stratasys Offers Complete Printing Packages for Dimension 3D Printers
- How to include screw threads into 3D printed parts
- Rapidform XOR directly compatible with Autodesk Inventor
Metal Casting
- Accura® CastPro™ print material expands investment casting opportunities
- An Unlikely Partnership: Elegant Dining and Prototyping
News
- Wohlers Associates 2012 report shows 30% growth for additive manufacturing
- PTI Engineered Plastics Expands Facility and Add Jobs
- From a Scanned Concept to a Parametric 3D CAD
- An easier way to scan large objects
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Scale model tunneling machine wins Grand Prize at Roland DG’s 30th Anniversary Global Event
- Creaform introduces expanded and enhanced MetraSCAN 3D Optical CMM scanners
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Recognizes Excellence
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Elects Board
- Know your Intellectual property rights in 3D printing
Packaging
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Tips on selecting 3D printers
- Fused Deposition Modeling and Material Advances
- A Multitude of Materials for Additive Manufacturing
- Mcor announces plans to revolutionize additive manufacturing with “free D”
- 3D scanner software lets you capture point cloud data
- 3D Systems Acquires Formero
- New: Design Guide for SLS systems
- 3D Systems puts it all together
- Stratasys announces eighth annual extreme redesign challenge by Dimension 3D Printing
Personal 3D printers
- 3D Systems latest acquisition expands content for the Cubify 3D printer
- Purchase the consumer-style 3D printer, the Replicator, from Saelig
- 3D printing—an industry in flux
- 3D Systems begins next-day shipment service
- Have we reached an agreement on what to call this industry?
- A simple scanning tool for personal 3D printers
- Can open source 3D printing be more than a hobby?
- The 3D printer home market takes shape
- 3D printing’s stellar, amazing year
Personal 3D printers print services
Processes
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- Are you a “power user?”
- Wohlers Associates 2012 report shows 30% growth for additive manufacturing
- A closer look at extrusion-based 3D printers
- Patience, you impatient critics
- From a Scanned Concept to a Parametric 3D CAD
- An easier way to scan large objects
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- 3D Printing technology helps build service robot exoskeleton
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
Rapid Injection Molding
- When NOT to Draft
- Material Matters: Acetal
- Design tips for injection molding
- Cut to the Bone–how to remove weight from designs
- Proto Labs initiates public offering
- Bigger and Better
- Use a smart phone to share digital microscope images
- Tips on Clips Part 2: Make it Snappy
- QuicKaddy Design is Latest Cool Idea! winner
- Fast prototyping speeds development of breakthrough vision screening
Rapid MFG
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- Are you a “power user?”
- Wohlers Associates 2012 report shows 30% growth for additive manufacturing
- A closer look at extrusion-based 3D printers
- Patience, you impatient critics
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Recognizes Excellence
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Elects Board
Rapid Prototyping
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- Are you a “power user?”
- Wohlers Associates 2012 report shows 30% growth for additive manufacturing
- A closer look at extrusion-based 3D printers
- Patience, you impatient critics
- An easier way to scan large objects
- Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Recognizes Excellence
- Who has the best 3D printer?
Reverse Engineering
- From a Scanned Concept to a Parametric 3D CAD
- An easier way to scan large objects
- Creaform introduces expanded and enhanced MetraSCAN 3D Optical CMM scanners
- 3D scanner aids in development of novel scooter
- Next Generation of Shop Floor CMMs Focus on Portability
- New automated 3D scanner
- Combining sight and touch—Geomagic acquires Sensable
- Rapidform XOR directly compatible with Autodesk Inventor
- Geomagic updates its 3D Imaging and Metrology product line
- Schneider Electric installs a Zeiss CT scanning system for its engineers
Service Bureau News
- GPI Prototype presents additive manufacturing technologies at Design & Manufacturing Texas
- Paramount Industries, Inc. achieves AS9100C certification
- Purchase the consumer-style 3D printer, the Replicator, from Saelig
- Paramount Industries promotes high temperature laser sintering
- Konica Minolta 3D Scanning Labs Expands its Services to Include 3D Printing
- Unique additive manufacturing process for building metal parts–electron beam direct manufacturing
- Service providers purchases are good news for AM industry
Service Bureaus
Sheet Metal Engineering
- Anodizing and Nickel Plating Now Available for Aluminum Parts from QuickCutCNC™
- Lantek Improves 3D Design with Lantek Flex3D Profiles
- Rapid Sheet Metal™ Inc hosts New Hampshire SolidWorks User Group Meeting
- Rapid Sheet Metal Inc Receives ITAR Registration
- Large Bend Radii Corner Fills
- Rapid Sheet Metal, Inc. Adds Acrylic to Available Materials
SLA
- Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers
- Wohlers Associates 2012 report shows 30% growth for additive manufacturing
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Recognizes Excellence
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Elects Board
- 3D Systems Acquires Paramount Industries
- GPI Prototype presents additive manufacturing technologies at Design & Manufacturing Texas
- The potential nightmare of “democratizing” 3D printing
- 3D printed car dashboard on display at SolidWorld World 2012
SLS
- Wohlers Associates 2012 report shows 30% growth for additive manufacturing
- 3D Printing technology helps build service robot exoskeleton
- AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Recognizes Excellence
- Who has the best 3D printer?
- Additive Manufacturing Users Group Elects Board
- 3D Systems Acquires Paramount Industries
- GPI Prototype presents additive manufacturing technologies at Design & Manufacturing Texas
- The potential nightmare of “democratizing” 3D printing
- Paramount Industries, Inc. achieves AS9100C certification
Software
- Rent CAD Software?
- Artec and Rapidform join forces to provide 3D scanning
- Register for Additive Manufacturing Users Group conference
- Alibre Design™ 2012
- U.S. Air Force chooses Rapidform XOR after extensive study
- Software so “rad,” it’s not CAD
- 3D Systems acquires Alibre
- A better file format for 3D printing–AMF–now available
- Geomagic Releases Wrap® OEM Edition Software
- Get your complete 3D printing system
Subtractive Fabrication
- Scale model tunneling machine wins Grand Prize at Roland DG’s 30th Anniversary Global Event
- Use a smart phone to share digital microscope images
- CNC machining speeds the development of custom gearwheels
- Proto Labs’ latest Cool Idea! is a Rice University robotics project
- Reviving model making for architects and other GEO professionals
- What you need to know about Subtractive Prototyping
- Roland DG Celebrates 30th Anniversary with the Roland Creative Awards
- New materials for subtractive prototyping
- Subtractive prototyping with plastic
- You have choices
