From creation to manufacturing, protecting the IP of a 3D design is challenging, especially when an STL file can be so easily shared from peer to peer. Watermark, a security application from 3D design ...

You spend hours on a model, export it, and send it to the printer. Forty minutes later, the print becomes a tangle of ...

3D printing is great for prototyping, making spare parts and even end use production. But before you hit print on your machine, it’s a good idea to make sure that the file you’re outputting is fully ...

If you think about it, STL files are like PDF files. You usually create them using some other program, export them, and then expect them to print. But you rarely do serious editing on a PDF or an STL.

STL (stereolithography) file types are commonly used in CAM and 3D printing, but are unfortunately difficult to work with in SOLIDWORKS. STL (stereolithography) file types are commonly used in CAM and ...