It can be frustrating to prepare your 3D model, start 3D printing, only to realize that the first few layers of the print are sagging or just plain messy. Sagging of the first layers of the print is ...

Just getting a clean first layer down on the printer's bed felt like ... In those early days, I’d waste hours troubleshooting what I thought was a slicer issue or hardware fault, only to discover I ...

It is a fact of life that 3D printed parts from an FDM (fused deposition modeling) printer have weaknesses where the layers join. Some of this is due to voids and imperfect layer bonding, but you can ...

Back in November we first brought you word of a slicing technique by which the final strength of 3D printed parts could be considerably improved by adjusting the first layer height of each wall so ...

3D printing has changed the world since its inception, influencing everything from simple plastic prototypes to sophisticated, life-saving medical implants. It began in the 1980s as a way to fuel a ...