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 ...

Autodesk announced Wednesday an open software platform for 3-D printing called Spark, which will be open and freely licensable to manufacturers and others. The 3-D design and simulation software ...

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 ...

3D printing, technically known as additive manufacturing (AM), has gained a lot of use as both a novelty technique to be used at home to print ‘cool things’ and as a manufacturing tool to fabricate ...

A 3D printer printing a cup lit by RGB lighting. - Jakub Zerdzicki/Getty Images 3D printing is in the middle of a transition period from a novelty hobby into a serious home manufacturing solution.

Researchers have developed artificial intelligence software for powder bed 3D printers that assesses the quality of parts in real time, without the need for expensive characterization equipment. Oak ...