Like 2D, as 3D printing matures, file issues will be resolved, speed and quality will improve, substrate options will expand, and finishing will become automated. Breakeven run lengths between ...

Making 3D printing truly 3D: eliminating need for 2D layering. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 04 / 220422161524.htm. Harvard University.

A team has created an application called PartCrafter that creates 3D models, in single or multiple parts, using AI based on 2D images for input.

3D printing adoption differs from 2D printing in a number of important ways. The good news is, businesses clamoring to tap 3D printing won’t need to wait decades for the discipline to develop. 3D ...

Extrusion-based 3D printing can vertically align 2D nanosheets to improve heat and electricity transport perpendicular to the sheet plane, report researchers at the University of Maryland. Among the ...

If you had a formal drafting class, you probably learned about making orthographic projections–engineering drawings with multiple views (for example, top, front, and right). Even if you didn&… ...

Hewlett-Packard continues to increase its presence in the 3D printing space with new releases in hardware and cyber-security offerings.Partnerships with manufacturing companies like Siemens and ...

The 3D printers we’re most familiar with use the fused deposition process, in which hot plastic is squirted out of a nozzle, to build up parts on a layer by layer basis. We’ve also seen… ...

A new app called Doodle3D Transform promises to let users easily turn regular 2D drawings into fully fledged, 3D-printable models.