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Snapmaker Pushes Two U1 Firmware Updates in Three Days, Adding Top Cover Support and AI Detection Uploads
Snapmaker shipped U1 toolchanger firmware V1.5.0 with Top Cover support and opt-in AI spaghetti-detection uploads on July 1, then followed with a bugfix release, V1.5.1, on July 3.
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Creality Bets on Tencent's Hunyuan AI to Turn Photos Into Printable Models
Creality's MakeNow platform now runs on Tencent's Hunyuan 3D V2.5 model, letting users turn a photo or sketch into a printable file in minutes as the company courts a 2026 Hong Kong IPO.
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Prusa Ships Firmware 6.6.1 for CORE One INDX, Fixing Spontaneous Tool-Head Resets
Prusa's stable 6.6.1 firmware for CORE One/+ INDX toolchangers fixes random tool-head resets and tool-assignment mix-ups after crashes, and adds a bed-lowering safety net for lost tools.
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Snapmaker's U1 Firmware Adds Top Cover Support and Smarter Auto-Refill
Snapmaker's V1.5.0/V1.5.1 firmware brings official Top Cover support, mixed-color auto-refill, AI spaghetti-detection uploads, and a first-layer bug fix to the U1 Toolchanger.
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Makr3D Opens Beta of an AI-Assisted Print Fulfillment Platform for Sellers Who Don't Own Printers
Yorkshire3D's new Makr3D beta lets creators and Etsy/Shopify sellers offload printing, QC, packing and shipping to a 100-printer Huddersfield farm, with an AI 'Print Intelligence' inspector that measures models and recommends settings before production.
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Google Hands Out the Blueprints: 3D-Printing Your Own Fitbit Air Accessories
Google released official technical specs and 2D CAD drawings for the $100 Fitbit Air pebble and sleeve, handing makers the exact mating dimensions, tolerances, and attach/detach forces to print bands and adapters that actually fit, plus skin-safe material rules and Made for Google certification for accessories.
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Zurich Startup Nureo Pitches AI Design Automation to Cut CAD Time From Weeks to Minutes
ETH Zurich spinout nureo says its manufacturability-aware AI design platform can compress CAD workflows for fluid manifolds and other parts from weeks to minutes, with Formnext recognition already in hand.
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OrcaSlicer 2.4.1 Lands With Native Windows ARM64 Build and a Skirt-Generation Fix
OrcaSlicer 2.4.1 ships a native Windows ARM64 build for Snapdragon X Elite laptops, fixes a 2.4.0 bug that reprinted skirts during sequential printing, and adds Snapmaker U1 and Elegoo Centauri 2 profiles.
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Bambu Studio 2.6.1 Solves the Spool Guessing Game with RFID-Backed Filament Tracking
The 2.6.1 beta release brings a Filament Manager that tracks remaining spool weight via extrusion calculations, syncs across devices through Bambu Cloud, and adds substantial hardware support for the H2C and H2D Pro machines.
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OrcaSlicer vs. Bambu Studio vs. PrusaSlicer: Which Slicer Actually Wins in 2026?
The slicer landscape in 2026 has fragmented along clear lines: ecosystem loyalty, calibration depth, and hardware compatibility each favor a different tool, and the right answer depends almost entirely on what you are printing on.
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Bambu Studio 2.8.0 Beta Pulls CAD-Style Assembly Guides Into the Slicer
Bambu Studio 2.8.0 Public Beta adds an Assembly Guide tool that turns an imported STEP file into exploded-view, step-by-step build instructions inside the slicer, plus counterbore-hole bridging modes and better time-lapse output.
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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.
