Remember when everyone had an iPod? A Walkman? A Cassette player? Today, nearly everyone streams music or buys it digitally. Many of us have lost our physical connection to music, save for one format – vinyl. Vinyl sales hit record highs in the UK in 2020, increasing by
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In July, we covered the introduction of the Markforged FX20, an all-new 3D printer described by Markforged as the “biggest, fastest and most sophisticated 3D printer” they make. Markforged kept tight-lipped about specs, simply saying the FX20 would be “capable of printing high-temperature thermoplastics reinforced with continuous fibre at the click
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One of the beautiful characteristics of Markforged CFR (carbon-fibre reinforced) parts is they are smooth right off the print bed, so no post-processing is needed to make them good enough for consumer-facing applications. But what if you want them even smoother? In that case, you want to use AMT PostPro
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The Formlabs Form 3 offers a diverse material portfolio for manufacturing jewellery with casting one of the most efficient use cases. The precision and accuracy of Formlabs’ Light Force Stereolithography (LFS) is perfectly suited to the intricacies of jewellery. You can easily incorporate 3D printed casting into your workflow to
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What is Formlabs PreForm Software, and what does it do? This article provides an introduction to Formlabs’ slicing software. Formlabs Preform Software is proprietary slicing software for Formlabs 3D printers, meaning you need a Formlabs printer to use it. PreForm takes your 3D model file and slices it into the
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Eiger is Markforged’s slicer and 3D print preparation software used exclusively with Markforged 3D printers. It’s a clever piece of kit, capable of slicing, scaling, orientating and filling designs with fibre reinforcement. In other words, Eiger is an all-in-one software solution for Markforged customers, taking care of slicing and print
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Cura is Ultimaker’s 3D printing software. Cura is open source, meaning anyone can use it even if you don’t have an Ultimaker 3D printer. As 3D printing software goes, Ultimaker Cura is one of the best-reviewed, most recommended tools of its kind. It competes with slicing tools like Slic3r, but
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When it comes to 3D printing an object, a few things have to happen. First of all, you have to design the object you would like to print using CAD software, otherwise known as 3D modelling software. It is with this software you will create your object to the specifications
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One of the issues that people face when 3D printing is getting their prints to stick to the build plate. If a print does not stick to the build plate properly, then it could move during the print process which will cause it to fail. Manufacturers have, of course, devised
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This article has been updated for 2021 with new information. We recently received a question from a student in secondary education regarding file formats and 3D printing. He wanted to know what the most common file formats are and how they are used. So, we thought we’d write an article
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