3D scanning and 3D printing may sound like a natural match for one another, but they don’t always play together as easily and nicely as one would hope. I’ll explain what one can expect by highlighting ...

It seems to make sense. If you have a 3D printer, you might wish you could just scan some kind of part and print it — sort of like a 3D photocopier. Every time we think about this, though, we watch a ...

Like many people, I have been preparing files for 3D printing using 3D modeling programs or downloading them from 3D model ...

Pokémon GO creator Niantic has acquired 3D mobile scanning app developer Scaniverse for an undisclosed amount. Scaniverse allows users to scan objects in the real world and renders 3D models of the ...

It requires significant effort to create 3D models from scratch. Fortunately, 3D scanners have greatly expedited this process, saving valuable time and energy that would otherwise be spent on manual ...