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Industry
3D Printing on the Water: Marine Applications, Material Selection, and the Limits of What FDM Can Build
From replacement cleats to instrument housings and full hull experiments, 3D printing is finding a permanent role in marine environments. ASA and CF-PETG are doing real work; full hull printing is closer than it sounds but further than the headlines suggest.
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Printers
Creality K1C Review: Carbon Fiber Capability at the Entry Point of Speed Printing
The K1C is Creality's answer to the question of whether a 600 mm/s CoreXY machine can handle abrasive composite filaments without constant nozzle replacement. The answer is mostly yes, with caveats that matter for serious users.
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Guides
Manual Color Swaps Without an AMS: G-Code Pause Commands in PrusaSlicer, OrcaSlicer, and Bambu Studio
Multi-color printing without a filament changer is entirely achievable using M600 and pause-at-layer commands. The slicer implementations differ in important ways, and getting the G-code sequencing wrong produces failed swaps, ooze blobs, or color bleed that contaminates the swap layer.
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Guides
The Science of UV Post-Curing Resin Prints: Wavelength, Time, and Temperature
Post-curing is the most underestimated variable in MSLA and DLP resin printing. Get the wavelength, timing, and temperature wrong and your parts will be brittle, tacky, or dimensionally unstable regardless of how well they printed.
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Materials
TPU vs TPE vs TPC: Choosing the Right Flexible Filament for the Job
Flexible filaments are not interchangeable. TPU, TPE, and TPC differ substantially in hardness, chemical resistance, print temperature, and long-term fatigue behavior. Choosing the wrong one means a part that either fails in service or was never printable in the first place.
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Software
3MF: Why the 3D Printing Industry Is Moving Away From STL
STL has been the default 3D printing format for 35 years. The 3MF format does everything STL does and adds color, material, orientation, and multi-part support — here's why the transition is accelerating.
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Software
Bambu Studio Support Painting: Precise Manual Control Over Auto-Generated Supports
Bambu Studio's support painting tool lets you block auto-generated supports, add manual supports to specific faces, and enforce tree vs normal support type per region. Here's how to use it effectively.
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Software
Meshmixer for 3D Printing: Repair, Hollow, and Orient Files the Easy Way
Meshmixer is free, actively maintained, and handles the mesh repair and hollowing workflows that slicers handle poorly. Here's the toolkit every maker should know.
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Software
AI Tools for 3D Printing in 2026: What's Actually Useful and What's Still Hype
AI-generated geometry, AI-optimized support structures, and AI print monitoring are all real now. The question is which tools deliver enough value to integrate into a real workflow.
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Industry
3D Printed Footwear: How Adidas, Nike, and New Balance Are Using Additive Manufacturing
Lattice midsoles, custom orthotics, and personalized fit are all being produced with 3D printing at commercial scale. Here's what the major brands are doing and what it means for the industry.
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Industry
3D Printing in the Energy Sector: Turbines, Subsea Components, and Grid Infrastructure
Oil and gas companies, nuclear operators, and renewable energy manufacturers are all using additive manufacturing for parts that conventional manufacturing cannot produce economically. Here's where it's making the biggest difference.
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Industry
3D Printing on the Farm: Custom Parts, Precision Agriculture, and Sensor Housings
Agricultural equipment breaks in ways that manufacturers don't support with spare parts. 3D printing is filling the gap for everything from planter parts to custom drone mounts.
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