New super-clean powders for additive manufacturing get UK government backing Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 29, 2015 LPW Technology, a manufacturer of powders for metals 3D printing, has been awarded government funding to develop its new super-clean…
Say goodbye STL, say hello 3MF (possibly – you know how these things are…) Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 1, 2015 The new 3MF file format is setting out to become the new unified file format that plays more closely to…
British high-speed 3D printer targets 2017 release Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 3, 2015 Professor Neil Hopkinson looking longingly at a 3D printer A new 3D printer design based for High Speed Sintering (HSS)…
PTC and Stratasys join up for ‘seamless design to 3D print’ in PTC Creo 3 Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 8, 2015 PTC and Stratasys are partnering to add 3D printing tools straight into the design process with PTC Creo 3.0 PTC…
Review: Autodesk Inventor 2016 Posted by DEVELOP3D - June 15, 2015 While its Fusion product may be grabbing all the cloud-based headlines, Autodesk has also been hard at work on its…
Hat trick of amazing new machines forms core of Nottingham University’s 3D printing research Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 16, 2015 The lab hopes to develop new materials for nano fabrication of multifunctional systems A £2.7m grant from the Engineering and…
AMUG 2015 – how the professionals work Posted by DEVELOP3D - June 19, 2015 The Additive Manufacturing Users Group event swerved the usual hype, focusing instead on the professionals working with 3D printing today.…
First Look: Netfabb Professional 6 – early version of 3MF file format already in place Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 7, 2015 Because a man in a tie means business – Netfabb Professional 6 has new features for making mass production less…
Cool runnings Posted by DEVELOP3D - July 16, 2015 Just because fit and comfort must come first, aesthetics shouldn't be an also-ran. Tanya Weaver talks to members of the…
The new body builders Posted by Jessica Twentyman - July 28, 2015 Jessica Twentyman speaks to Shane Fox of Within Technologies, now part of Autodesk, about how 3D printing could revolutionise healthcare