Start-up XYZPrinting today released its first all-in-one 3D printer, which uses a 3D laser scanner to replicate objects placed inside the machine. While other 3D printing companies sell handheld ...

Using a 3D printer to make high quality parts is a great way to improve the look and appeal of any project. If you want to replicate something exactly, though, you’ll need either a very good set of ...

The integration of LiDAR-enabled mobile scanning tools like Polycam is streamlining 3D printing workflows by enabling fast, accurate capture of real-world objects and spaces. This technology reduces ...

3D scanning is important because the ability to digitize awkward or troublesome shapes from the real world can really hit the spot. One can reconstruct objects by drawing them up in CAD, but when ...

3D scanning and 3D printing are reshaping how makers, artists, and engineers bring ideas to life. From capturing intricate details of sculptures to producing precise, functional parts, these tools ...

If there’s one thing to be learned from the internet, it’s that cats and 3D printers never get old. Almost every crowd funded 3D-printer campaign has ended in “great success,” and Peachy Printer is no ...

A new open source 3D printer called the Ares has launched this week over on the Indiegogo crowdfunding website with the aim of raising $8000 to make the jump into production. In the first five days ...

It requires significant effort to create 3D models from scratch. Fortunately, 3D scanners have greatly expedited this process, saving valuable time and energy that would otherwise be spent on manual ...

If you can 3D-scan it, you can 3D-print it – and Matter and Form has announced a super-versatile new way to do so. The Three system creates photorealistic, high-detail, full-color 3D scans of objects ...