Monthly Spotlight: Top 5 Design Tips 1. File Resolution: STL format has become the standard for rapid prototype manufacturing. This format approximates the surface of a design using triangles. The resolution of the STL file plays an important role in … [Read more...] about Making Rapid Prototyping CAD Files
How 3D Printing is changing machinists’ world
When you visit SolidWorks World 2011, check out the Z Corporation session; one of the company’s customers will outline how 3D printing is turning yesterday’s “machinist” into today’s “product development … [Read more...] about How 3D Printing is changing machinists’ world
Proto Labs announces service expansion
Like last year, new material introductions promise to be a hot news area for additive manufacturing or rapid prototyping applications. Proto Labs, Inc., a global leader in quick-turn CNC machining and injection molding, just announced that 7075-T651 … [Read more...] about Proto Labs announces service expansion
Enter the “Extreme Redesign” contest by Dimension 3D Printing
Only two weeks remain for CAD students and educators to submit a design for the seventh annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge presented by Dimension 3D Printing, a brand of Stratasys Inc. (NASDAQ: SSYS). Submissions can include an entirely … [Read more...] about Enter the “Extreme Redesign” contest by Dimension 3D Printing
See in interactive 3D before you build
Here’s a good way to make sure the part you sent for quote is manufacturable, or whether it needs a few changes. QuickCutCNCTM rapid CNC machining service just launched a new interactive 3D design for manufacturability (DFM) viewer that is … [Read more...] about See in interactive 3D before you build
3DScanCo to resell Artec™, Creaform and 3Shape laser scanners
3DScanCo (a division of Laser Design, Inc.) announced that it is now reselling Artec™, Creaform, and 3Shape 3D scanners. The addition of these low-cost lines of 3D scanners makes the company a leading reseller of quality economy and portable … [Read more...] about 3DScanCo to resell Artec™, Creaform and 3Shape laser scanners
3D Systems Voted Digital Manufacturing Leader
[wpslider cat_id=50] ROCK HILL, S.C. -- 3D Systems (Nasdaq:TDSC) announced that the company was voted the "Leader in Digital Manufacturing and Rapid Prototyping" by the readers and registrants of Design World and Design World Online in a global … [Read more...] about 3D Systems Voted Digital Manufacturing Leader
Look What 3D Printing Makes Now
Imagine the body parts of a full size car coming off of a 3D printer. Stratasys and its development parter Kor Ecologic, a Winnipeg engineering group, did just that. Introduced under the code name of Urbee, it is the first car ever to have its entire … [Read more...] about Look What 3D Printing Makes Now
Who Has the Best 3D Printer?
This article was published in 2010. Since then, manufacturers have developed a number of new 3D printers and additive manufacturing technology. For more information about specific models, check out the 3D printer selector tool on Make Parts … [Read more...] about Who Has the Best 3D Printer?
Quickparts reports it has delivered more than half a million quotes to customers
Quickparts, one of North America's largest providers of custom designed parts, from rapid prototyping to plastic injection molding, recently eclipsed the 500,000 mark for the number of custom quotes provided to customers. … [Read more...] about Quickparts reports it has delivered more than half a million quotes to customers
