Apr 13 2018

By: Dana Goldberg    What’s 30 years old but looks brand new? Believe it or not, it’s 3D printing. Yep, additive manufacturing technology has been around since the Reagan era. Here’s a brief tour through the history of 3D printing.   1981–1999: The Toddlerhood of Additive Manufacturing In 1981, Hideo Kodama of Nagoya Municipal Industrial […]

Dec 06 2017

By: Michael Molitch- Hou Color may not be essential for the function of parts, but it can differentiate parts more clearly and, let’s face it, color makes life more lively. For that reason, there are a number of efforts underway to bring color to various 3D printing technologies, from HP’s Multi Jet Fusion to Mcor’s […]

Dec 01 2017

Job competition within the construction industry has increased because of restrictive budgets and tighter delivery times. As a result, new processes and technologies, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and building information modeling (BIM) have been adopted by stakeholders and contractors who need to adopt new methodologies to garner more work by keeping down costs […]

Apr 26 2017

By: Lucas Mearian The new printers can initially build objects using up to 30 metal alloys A two-year-old startup today unveiled two new 3D metal printing machines, one of which can create prototypes and the other production parts faster and cheaper than existing technology, the vendor says. Desktop Metal, based in Burlington, Mass., demonstrated the […]

Oct 10 2016

By: Johan Xia   This article explains how a 3D model can make it easier for people to conceptualize and visualize the project being completed. However, 2D drawings are still needed. Read this article to understand why.    Though the approach to building design has evolved tremendously, it still starts with a rough paper sketch. […]