D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that ...

How CAD Software and 3D Printing Work Computer-aided design (CAD) software refers to any type of software that allows a user to easily create, model, modify, or analyze a design.

To make the bending a little easier, [tony] made a partial-thickness groove across the plasma-cut blank, by using a reduced power setting on the cutter.

Aerospace, automotive, consumer products, medical devices, national defense and other sectors that use additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies could benefit from quality-control software ...

[Julius Curt] needed to mark acrylic panels with a bit more clarity than the usual way of rastering the surface, so they attempted to 3D print directly to an acrylic sheet, which worked perfectly. … ...