Learn how to design and 3D print with Tinkercad in this beginner-friendly guide. Step-by-step tips to turn your ideas into tangible creations.

What is an STL file? In layman’s terms, an STL file contains 3D meshes, geometry, and other related information and is used for 3D printing, rapid prototyping, and computer-aided manufacturing.

3D printing can be a fun and productive hobby and skill, but there can be a lot of confusion around the files involved. Here are some you should know about.

The most common reason an STL file may be not quite right is a mechanical connection where some piece isn’t quite as the designer expected, so the 3D model that interfaces with it no longer fits.

Optimizes STL files for 3D printing by compensating for material shrinkage (rescaling) and transforming the STL model in real-time based on a 3D reconstruction of the actual print, acquired by came ...

Simple library to make working with STL files (and 3D objects in general) fast and easy. Due to all operations heavily relying on numpy this is one of the fastest STL editing libraries for Python ...