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3D Printing: On Standardizing 3D File Formats

By Formtek

Microsoft has recently organized a consortium of companies to create a standard and open file format for specifying 3D print objects.  The new file format is called the 3D Manufacturing Format (3MF) specification and an initial release of the specification is

3D Printing: Enabling Rapid Product Creation and Small Runs of Highly Custom Products

By Dick Weisinger

Use of 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is ramping up quickly based on a report by Sculpteo, a 3D printing company.  68 percent of current users of 3D printing are planning to increase their spending in 2015, and

3D Printing: Aerospace, Automotive and Medical Businesses Making Big Investments

By Dick Weisinger

The 3D printing market, which includes the printers themselves along with materials and services, is expected to grow annually by 44 percent over the next five years.  This year the market size is $5.2 billion and will be more than

3D Printing: Breakthrough Technology Enables Commercial-Quality Game-Changing Speeds

By Dick Weisinger

Carbon3D, recently announced a new technique that leapfrogs existing 3D printing technology to be able to create 3D objects 25-100 times faster and of geometries significantly more complex than what is possible with existing 3D printing technologies. The new process

3D Printing: Imagine it and then Build it

By Dick Weisinger

Imagine it and then you can  make it with 3D printing.  Or at least that’s the goal of the technology.  And the technology is making steady strides towards realizing that goal.  The technology is becoming increasingly more cost effective (at