There’s been some good .STL manipulation tips in this week. The first one is called stl_tools, and it’s a Python library to convert images or text to 3D-printable STL files. The examples shown are ...

STL files are everywhere. When there’s something to 3D print, it’s probably going to be an STL. Which, as long as the model is good just as it is, is no trouble at all. But sooner or later there will ...

Copilot 3D can convert 2D images into 3D models that can be used in design tools. Copilot 3D can convert 2D images into 3D models that can be used in design tools. is a senior editor and author of ...

Look very closely at the reconstruction of the skull of newly discovered hominin ancestor Homo naledi. Can you tell that it's been 3D printed? According to John Hawks, a palaeoanthropologist on the ...