Simplify, reduce meshes or decimate. Choose your terms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The best way to simplify a complex model ...

Do you like high-detail 3D models intended for resin printing, but wish you could more easily print them on a filament-based FDM printer? Good news, because [Jacob] of Painted4Combat shared a tool he ...

Although these days it would seem that everyone and their pets are running 3D printers to churn out all the models and ...

(Nanowerk News) One challenge of researching nanotechnology is that you can’t manipulate the pieces with your hands. You can look at computer models, but it isn’t the same as tactile interaction.

Funded in part by multiple C2E2 Grants (Century II Endowed Equipment Fund), the Van Pelt and Opie Library is providing 3D printing orientation and training available to current students, faculty, and ...

The world is seeing an influx of futuristic and life altering industries emerging all across the world. One of the most talked about buzzwords of all these buzzwords is 3D printing, which if you’ve ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

3D printing is still kind of a niche thing; a mysterious and complicated dark alley of the whole maker movement seemingly kept behind a gated wall of complexity, janky hardware and imposing lingo and ...

People are increasingly turning to software to design complex material structures like airplane wings and medical implants. But as design models become more capable, our fabrication techniques haven't ...