FDM stands for fused deposition modeling, but what does that mean, and how does it differ from other 3D printing methods? Let ...

Murray Leinster’s short story Things Pass By, published in 1945, includes what may be the first description of 3D printers: But this constructor is both efficient and flexible. I feed magnetronic ...

You hit print on an object downloaded from an online database, and watch as it lays down skinny cross-sections one after another. That's how 3D printers work. It ...

How does additive manufacturing work? The analogy to printing is not perfect. Computer printers generally operate a row at a time. 3D printers work much more like plotters, moving a print head along ...

Inside the world of multicolor printers false assumptions collide with filament logistics and workflow quirks.