3D Models Articles

Modern Foundry: Analysis & Design Guidelines for 3D Printed Plastic Casts

Pawel Zmarzly, Damian Gogolewski, and Tomasz Kozior present their findings from a recent study in ‘ Design guidelines for plastic casting using 3D printing .’ While 3D printing is used for many different applications related to casting and molds, in this research the...

Improved 3D Printing: Near-Convex Decomposition & Layering

Researchers İlke Demir, Daniel G. Aliaga, and Bedrich Benes tackle one of the most popular topics in 3D printing today: optimization. While the many benefits of digital fabrication are oft discussed—from greater affordability, improved speed in production, and the...

3D Brain Lab making 3D printing affordable for hobbyists

The popularity of 3D printing continues to soar. 3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. It sounds complicated but technology has made it so easy that you can print objects right in your own...

Researchers Evaluate Feasibility of Closing Multiple Atrial Septal Defects Guided by 3D Printed Model

We’ve often seen physicians use 3D printed heart models to help during surgeries, but a group of researchers from China published a paper on using them to help with an alternative to surgery for repairing secundum atrial septal defect (ASD), a rare congenital defect...