Sculpteo 3D printing blog

Creating electronic products involves a lot of effort but did you know that you can simplify one step thanks to 3D printing? Which one? The creation of enclosures for your product! In this article, we give you all the information you need to know to ...

Understanding how the 3D Printing market is evolving is one of our main goals when we work on our annual report, The State of 3D Printing. One of the many insights we find particularly interesting in the 2017 edition is the fact that 3D Printing is c...

3D printing is still considered as a limited manufacturing tool as it is time-consuming, has limited materials and the technique is not yet adaptable to large-scale manufacturing. The MIT Self-Assembly Lab, Steelcase, and well-known product designer,...

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...

Few weeks ago, we released our new binder jetting stainless steel material for 3D printing. It was a great success and generated a lot of enthusiasm among our customers. In this series of questions, discover all you need to know about this very inter...

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...

Did you try our online metal 3D printing services? If so, you may have experienced the complexity of 3D printing metal support structures. It is an essential element that directly affects the price of your 3D prints and which must be taken into accou...

Our third edition of The State of 3D Printing gives us once again key insights about the Additive Manufacturing industry. This technology clearly appears to be a true business partner for our respondents, helping them undertake the challenges they en...

The need for a 3D scanner can be motivated by many reasons: reverse engineering, industrial CAO, medical devices, tooling, etc… but often, buying a 3D scanner is not the adequate solution. A 3D scanning service has the technology and the skills to do...

We are really proud to share this third edition of our annual report, The State of 3D Printing with you. Each year, we do our best to provide you the most powerful insights about the 3D Printing industry, its dynamics, its challenges, and its main op...

The strength of a 3D printing part is driven by two aspects: its material and its design. Among the many 3D printing materials we offer on our online 3D printing service, you can choose technical ones like metals, polyamide or glass-filled nylon. How...

Creating objects with 3D printing is now one of the best-known advanced manufacturing techniques. With new technologies and materials, metal 3D printing has become a reality to create an alternative for traditional manufacturing techniques. But how d...