Sculpteo 3D printing blog

Learning 3D printing can be difficult and time consuming but nowadays, many resources are available online to teach you the basics and best practices to start using 3D printing for your projects. In this article, we gathered the best books to help yo...

You got an STL file and you’re ready to 3D print? In this article we’re focusing on how to repair or edit an STL file to make it printable. At Sculpteo, we have developed a free 3D viewer and superior repairing tools (with 99% of rate of success!) an...

Hi, Alex here, Sculpteo’s UX designer, with another update, this time to order tracking. We pride ourselves on being the fastest online 3D printing service, but we know that even a few minutes of the unknown feels like forever. That’s why we’ve opene...

3D modeling is, along with 3D scanning, the most used method to obtain an STL for your 3D print. In industrial sectors, designers are using CAD design to prototype, iterate and obtain manufacturable parts. Parametric modeling allows the creation of c...

Choosing between 3D printing services is not always an easy decision to make. With many companies offering additive manufacturing services, you might actually be quite confused. In this article, we want to help you understand better which criteria ar...

Today we are going to focus on the 18 best accelerators for entrepreneurs interested in creating a physical product. Accelerators reached an amazing amount of publicity and fame after the success of Uber in 2011, but now we see that the tides have tu...

This news was originally published by Carbon. We’re very proud to be part of this project, helping produce board alignment brackets, delivered in days instead of months for other technologies. (Photo credit: Carbon)   Additive Manufacturing is no lon...

Innovation is a challenge for regulation, and, in many ways, regulation is a slowing factor for innovation. This can be explained in simple terms: innovation is fast, and, these days, it goes faster and faster, disrupting the way we communicate, crea...

3D Printing is one of the key elements of the era of the factory of the future. 3D printing services make it possible for any person or business with a 3D file to virtually run their own 3D printing factory, distantly, and go from a file to an object...

We recently launched our new metal laser cutting offer. Online metal laser cutting is an easy, fast, and high-quality way to create your mechanical and aesthetic parts, but, to make the most of it, it is important to apply some essential design rules...