Buying a 3D Printer
Manufacturers
- 3D Systems Professional line of 3D printers "ProJet"
- 3ntr
- Be3D Printers
- Blueprinter 3D printers with "Selective Heat Sintering" technology. Very high resolution without supports
- Be3D Printers
- BigRep
- Builder 3D Printers
- Delta Tower Professional Swiss 3D printers
- HyRel3D
- Flashforge
- FSL3D Producers of the streolithographic 3D printer Pegasus Touch
- Gimax
- Kentstrapper
- MakerBot
- MakerGear
- PP3DP
- PrintrBot
- ShareBot
- Solidoodle
- The Micro 3D Printer
- Tinkerine
- Ultimaker
3D printers and accessories supliers
3D Scanners
- Artec 3D scanners
- Cubik desktop 3D scanner
- David 3D Scanners
- Go Scan
- HDI 3D scanners
- Mech Scan Macro 3D scanner suitable for scanning very small objects at very high resolution
- Next Engine 3D scanner
3D Printers: Troubleshooting, Tips & Tricks
- A visual Ultimaker troubleshooting guide
- Designing for 3D printing How to optimize 3D design for 3D printing
- Exploring Extrusion: Variability and Limits
- Getting better prints Mostly written for printing PLA with Ultimaker, still of general interest for any 3D printer
- Printing with Laybrick
- Taxonomy of Z axis artifacts in extrusion-based 3d printing Great article on Z-axis artifacts
3D modeling Software
- Autodesk 123Design Great also for beginners, entirely free
- Moi 3D
- Selva 3D Free online service to turn a 2D image into a 3D model
- SketchUp Popular 3D modeling software. Free version also available
- Tinkercad 3D modeling software, runs in browser, very easy to use also for kids
- Zetoff For the easy creation of nice covers for cell phones
Slicing and Printer Control Software
- Cura software by Ultimaker
- Kisslicer
- Netfabb 3D Model repair service
- Gcode.ws Analizzatore di G-Code online
- Netfabb Great software for managing 3D models. Free version available
- Open Scad
- Repetier Host
- Simplify3D
- Slic3r
3D Scanning Software
- 123D Catch Free software for the generation of 3D models staring from a set of images
- Agisoft Commercial software for the generation of 3D models staring from a set of images
- Insight 3D Open source software for the generation of 3D models staring from a set of images
- KScan 3D Software that allows the generation of 3D models from 3D X-Box Kinect or Asus Xtion 3D scanners
- Skanect Low cost software that allows the generation of 3D models from 3D X-Box Kinect or Asus Xtion 3D scanners
3D Printing Books
Relevant Sites for 3D Printing
- 3Ders
- Dizingof
- 3D Printler 3D printers, 3D scanners, 3D models
- 3D Print 3D Printer & 3D Printing News. Quite active forum section
- 3D Printing Creative 3D printing italian magazine
- 3D Printing News blog
- 3D Solex Upgrades and accessories for Ultimaker 3D printers
- 3D Universe A great 3D printing Blog
- Atelier La Trouvaille Geology items and tools, surface cleaning and polishing
- Filimprimante 3D 3D printing store - XTC-3D
- Kaupo Products for post-processing 3D prints. Kits for molds. German web site
- Tridimake - 3D Printing Improvements
3D Models Downloads
- 3D Cad Browser Downloadable 3D models
- 3Dmag Downloadable 3D models
- Bld3r
- Lincoln 3D Scans All 3D models on this website are scans of objects from the Usher Gallery and The Collection in Lincoln
- My Mini Factory Much less models than in Thingiverse, but more selected and curated collection. House of the "Scan the World" project
- Paleoview Downloadable scans of fossil
- Repables
- Spider 3D World Free and for sale 3D models
- SketchFab Several downloadable 3D models, not necessarily ready for 3D printing
- SketchFab Museums! Several downloadable 3D models from various top museums
- Smithsonian 3D Downloadable 3D models, by the Smithsonian Institution
- Spider 4D world Free downloadable 3D models
- STL Finder 3D models search engine
- Thingiverse
- TF3DM Several downloadable 3D models, not necessarily ready for 3D printing
- Turbosquid Royalty free 3D models
- VI3dM Downloadable scans of objects from the London Museum
- Yeggi Printable 3D models search engine
- Yobi3D 3D models search engine
- Youmagine 3D models repository, managed by Ultimaker
