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Throwin' Shade
See the Great American Eclipse in Style With a Quick 3D Printable Pinhole Viewer

Even a hearty squint won’t protect you from the furious ball that is the sun. So print a pinhole paddle, instead.

by Matthew Mensley Apr 8, 2024
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Forge On
Flashforge’s 5M Series Is Quietly Getting Better, and We’re Here for It

Better networking, slicer support, and root access is making Flashforge's recent CoreXY Adventurer 5M series worth a second look, particularly for their punchy, low price points.

by Shawn Frey Apr 5, 2024
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The NucDeck is Complete: 3D Print Your Own Steam Deck-Like Handheld Gaming PC

The NucDeck is a Steam Deck-like open-sourced build from maker Dan McKenzie, and is finally ready for public hands, with a BOM and assembly instructions up for grabs.

by Adam Kohut Apr 5, 2024
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Blender’s Back
Blender Releases Large-Scale Version 4.1 Update

The software’s latest update might not be quite as large as the last, but there’s still a lot here, with quality of life and performance being the name of the game.

by Adam Kohut Apr 4, 2024
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Anycolor
Anycubic Teases ‘Multi-Color 3D Printing Breakthrough’

Under a thin veil, Anycubic teased what is (almost certainly) a multi-material unit – and maybe another product.

by Shawn Frey Apr 4, 2024
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Just 4 You
Rat Rig Officially Announces V-Core 4 3D Printer

The machine will be fully revealed later this month, although Rat Rig promises its performance will exceed that of the V-Core 3 – and to expect two variants.

by Adam Kohut Apr 3, 2024
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Precision Engineering
Army Engineers Harness Metal 3D Printing to Reshape America’s Aging Infrastructure

As American bridges, locks, and dams age, large-scale metal 3D printing steps in to provide faster, cheaper, and better replacement parts.

by Carolyn Schwaar Apr 3, 2024
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Wound Up
Bambu Lab A1 Replacement Heatbeds Shipping Soon

The new heatbeds have been submitted to "accelerated life testing", and passed full-travel durability tests of 12 million motions.

by Shawn Frey Apr 3, 2024
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Star of the Show
Einstar Releases EXStar Version 1.2

The update sees optimizations that aim to improve scanning performance and speed, plus new features that boost users' levels of control over their scans.

by Adam Kohut Apr 2, 2024
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Fool Me Once
ICYMI: April Fools’ Day 2024 in 3D Printing

AI features heavily in this year’s roundup, with 3D printers making restaurant reservations and AI as the panacea to all supply chain woes two examples of 3D printing companies just goofin’ around.

by Matthew Mensley Apr 2, 2024
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Print-B-Gone
This Voron-Based 3D Printer Automates Print Removal, Will Be Open Source

The Voroff is a "continuous printing system" that removes prints via a rotating print bed and a scraper bar – and could be a print farm game changer.

by Adam Kohut Mar 28, 2024
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The Legend Goes On
Print the Legend is Ten Years Old: Here’s What’s Happened Since

We recap the 2014 Netflix documentary, Print the Legend, and look at the key events and players (and talk to some of them) that have shaped desktop 3D printing before and, likely, beyond.

by Matthew Mensley Mar 28, 2024
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Tomorrow's Printing Today
AI & 3D Printing: The Latest Experiments

AI can assist with tasks in a broad range of fields, including 3D printing. Read on to see how AI & 3D printing are slowly becoming the norm!

by Guilherme Schendel Mar 27, 2024
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We CNC What They Did There
Sienci Labs Launches Most ‘Effective Value’ AltMill CNC Machine

Defined by the maximum ROI potential it offers, the AltMill presents a speed and sturdiness upgrade on the company’s popular LongMill machine.

by Matthew Mensley Mar 27, 2024
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Meshed Up
Kiri Engine Can Now Export 3D Gaussian Splats as Meshes

The update enables users to export as both PLY and OBJ files – and the algorithm behind the feature will soon be open-sourced.

by Adam Kohut Mar 27, 2024
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Printing Giants
Think Big, Print Bigger: New 3D Printer Tackles Larger-Than-Life Prints

Large-scale 3D printer maker Modix unveils the elevator-car-sized fused deposition modeling printer we've been waiting for.

by Carolyn Schwaar Mar 27, 2024
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Prize Drop
Bambu Lab A1 Mini Gets a Price Drop and Major Feature Update

The A1 Mini is now just $249, despite features that make the system even better for 3D printing beginners.

by Shawn Frey Mar 26, 2024
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Super Model
Nvidia Showcases LATTE3D Text-to-3D Generative AI Model

The model can generate 3D models from user-input text prompts in less than a second, and produces better or equal quality than other similar models, Nvidia suggests.

by Adam Kohut Mar 26, 2024
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Switch it Up
Your Old Ender Could Be the Best V3 Alternative

If your interest is piqued by the CoreXZ kinematics on Creality's new Ender 3 V3, consider converting your old Ender 3 to a Voron Switchwire.

by Shawn Frey Mar 25, 2024
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Mango 3D Releases Lychee Slicer 6 Beta

The "exclusive to Discord" beta arrives with a host of improvements, including a support engine for resin users and a new surface ironing feature for filament slicing.

by Adam Kohut Mar 25, 2024
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