This video showcases the impact of printing in a heated chamber using the QIDI X-Max 3.
TCT Shenzhen 2026: Seven Highlights to Watch This October
TCT Shenzhen 2026 takes place at Shenzhen World from October 14 to 16 with, according to organizer TCT, more than 250 exhibitors, 80-plus... read more »

ORNL and Boeing 3D-Print a Nearly Two-Ton Mold for Aircraft Parts
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Boeing 3D-printed a nearly two-ton steel mold for stamping thermoplastic composite aircraft parts.

Meshy 7 Review: From a Designer’s Drawings to Four-Color Board Game Pawns, With No Modelling Skills
Game designer Sonja Uittenboogaard (swurls.nl) draws her own characters. I took three of them, a dragon, an owl and a wizard, and tried... read more »

Creality Pika: The Pocket AI 3D Scanner That Wants Scanning to Feel Like Taking a Photo
Creality has shrunk a dual-mode 3D scanner to the size of a compact camera, given it a touchscreen and two swappable batteries, and... read more »

How to 3D Scan With Your Phone in 2026: Apps, Technique, and Limits
Yes, you can 3D scan with your phone, and the results are better than the price of admission suggests, which is zero. A... read more »

LLNL Researchers Inspect Direct-Ink Prints Layer by Layer With Cameras
Lawrence Livermore mounted cameras on a direct-ink printer so software can measure filament diameter and flag broken strands before a part leaves the... read more »

CMU Researchers Turn a Single Photo Into Snap-Fit 3D Printed Parts
Carnegie Mellon software takes a photo, splits the object into 3D parts, and adds peg-and-socket joints so the pieces print and snap together... read more »

Artec Neo: Artec 3D Launches a Tolerance-Driven Handheld Metrology Scanner
Artec 3D says its new handheld blue-light scanner delivers 0.025 mm accuracy at target-anchored features only, while capturing the whole part in color... read more »

MIT Spinout 3D Prints Building Trusses From Recycled Plastic
Atlas Building Composites, a spinout of MIT mechanical engineering research, 3D prints structural trusses from shredded single-use plastic fused with fiberglass, including a... read more »

MIT Researchers Let Users Repair AI-Generated 3D Models Before Printing
MIT CSAIL, with Google and Northeastern, built software that generates 3D models from prompts and lets users fix printability defects with language and... read more »


