Sculpteo 3D printing blog

The Saint-André abbaye, located in the South of France, is an important historical monument. From a simple hermitage in the 6th century, this site was turned into an influential abbaye in the 13th and 14th centuries. It was destroyed during the Frenc...

Nanotechnology, like 3D printing, is one of the areas in which research and progress have been most plentiful in the past few years. They’re both on their way to revolutionizing a wide range of fields, from medicine to production, from the global eco...

During his mechanical engineering studies, Alexis Massol was in charge of his school’s Fablab. That’s when he first started to imagine building his own drone. He looked up plans, materials, electrical components on the internet… and, over the course ...

You need a 3D file to send to an online 3D printing service or to use on your own 3D printer? Several possibilities are available to you: you can design your own 3D file or get one from the internet, of course, but you can also 3D scan an existing ob...

Whether it is for professional projects or for hobbyists, a good 3D Modeling Software is a must-have to create efficiently. However, most of them were created and designed for use on Windows or Mac platforms. Besides the world-famous AutoCAD or Solid...

If you look for 3D modeling software on the Internet, you will soon realize that there are tons of them. Each one of them gives you the opportunity to answer specific needs, but you may find yourself overwhelmed by all the tools and processes you wou...

One of the five CLIP materials, the Carbon Rigid Polyurethane, is now directly available on our website. Once you’ve uploaded your part on Sculpteo, you can choose to 3D print it in Rigid Polyurethane (RPU). We are proud to say that we are the only o...

AMUG and RAPID tradeshows have showcased some very promising new 3D printers. More is announced for Q3 and the end of the year. Here is Sculpteo’s pick. Year after year, 3D Printing Industry keeps growing thanks to the innovations brought by 3D print...

Flash Sale! Save 20% on your white and dyed plastic 3D prints today and tomorrow. With the code MAIA we are offering a 20% discount on 3D printed white or dyed plastic in all its forms: 100µ or 60µ layer thickness, raw or polished, normal  or express...

After a long period of research, the Sculpteo team has developed a brand new patent pending process to smooth laser sintered plastics. You can get prototypes that look like the finished product and small series that truly have a high-quality surface ...