Jess Hedstrom | Sculpteo Blog

We are now manufacturing & shipping orders for North and South America from our San Leandro, CA factory! We are proudly making your 3D printing ideas come to life in the USA. Due to an increase in orders Sculpteo chose to open another factory; for ma...

How safe are 3D printed materials? Recently we’ve seen studies that suggest some materials may be harmful; we’re here to tell you about our Sculpteo materials so that you (and your customers) can put your fears to rest. We’re going to start with the ...

The unofficial start of the biggest shopping season is BLACK FRIDAY! We want to show you how thankful we are by giving you 25% off your purchases on our website! Get your 3D models ready to upload because when the clock strikes midnight on November 2...

Photogrammetry makes 3D printing easy. Using a series of photos, Meshmixer and Meshlab can reduce the tallest of statues and buildings into a replica that you can hold in the palm of your hand. Let’s discover how this process works. 3D modeling can b...

Traditionally sprues have been used for injection molding; however in the 3D printing industry you can use sprues to provide easy assembly for your customers! Keep reading to learn more about this smart solution for 3D modeling “ensembles” using spru...

Today we look at the 3D modeling software that million and billion dollar companies use for their popular products In this article you will learn which professional CAD and Modeling software is used by Fortune 500 companies. Because many of these sof...

Continuing with our series How 3D Printing will Revolutionize your Industry we shift our focus to the Maritime Industry. We will highlight the irreversible effects of 3D printing on an Industry that has been in existence for centuries. In its 18th an...

Today you’ll learn more about the “fragile parts” error you receive when uploading your 3D Scan for 3D printing. BONUS we use a free 3D modeling software called MeshLab to fix this error by cleaning up the scan’s messy geometry. This is the first of ...

A large percentage of software startups come out of Silicon Valley every year. This year there is a shift on the “startup” horizon as we see a move away from software startups toward hardware startups. It looks like we picked the right time to build ...

Tired of receiving error messages when you upload your 3D model to Sculpteo for 3D printing? Well, follow these 10 tips to insure that your model is ready for 3D printing. How do you check your models for 3D printing? We have compiled a list of 10 it...