That's today's project. In this article, I'll show you how I started with a picture of me, used some intermediate AI, and turned it into a physical 3D plastic me figurine. Do I need a me figurine? No.

Tinkercad is famous for having lots of colors in the interface. But once you export an STL, that file is notoriously monochrome. If you are printing with a single color printer, no problems. But if ...

If you think about it, STL files are like PDF files. You usually create them using some other program, export them, and then expect them to print. But you rarely do serious editing on a PDF or an STL.

Engineer Andrew Sink, currently a Staff Applications Engineer at Carbon, has developed the web-based tool Inflate3d.xyz presented, which STL-files in a simple way. The program is called Inflate3D and ...

When it comes to 3D printing, there is nothing more frustrating than ending up with a failed print. Although there are many different reasons behind this, including incorrect parameters and poor ...

We have all dealt with PDF files at one point or another in our time on the internet or in the office. From tickets purchased online, to business documents from work, school, or government ...

The Canadian Military has a longstanding interest in using Additive Manufacturing technology, i.e. 3D Printing. In an effort to move from form to function, the Canadian Army is exploring more ...

Property lists are essentially XML files with a .plist extension. Here's how to edit them using the command line in the macOS Terminal app. XML is an open data format which gained popularity in the ...

The world created by H. R. Giger in the Alien films is unique and unmistakable. Its dark, mystical atmosphere and intricate, organic forms evoke a sense of the unknown that has firmly entered pop ...

Computer-aided design (CAD) is becoming more popular thanks to 3D printing. If you would also like to design your own models to print or bring your creative ideas to life in some other way, choose the ...

The first of the four fundamental steps in the additive manufacturing process is design. As such, as might be expected, today there are many software tools available to create 3D models. One of the ...