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.

Learn what a 3D printer is, how it works, and how much it costs. 3D printing is helpful for personal use, prototyping and manufacturing.

Autodesk's Tinkercad is a free Web-based design tool that enables you to create 3D objects, then download those creations in a printer-friendly format. Here's how to get started.

3D Printing Basics: Your Questions Answered 3D printers are affordable enough that almost anyone can buy one, but should you? Before you dive in, here's what to consider—about materials ...

Cakewalk3d offers a food-grade extruder that fits directly on many popular 3d printers. Support parts to attach the extruder can be printed on any standard printer with accompanying CAD files.

There’s a new — and free — tool to automatically generate variable infill for FFF 3D print jobs. The tool is called Strecs, ...