Banlu’s Beautiful Bracelets

June 10, 2010

Designer Banlu Kemiyatorn has a lot of great designs in his Shop. My personal favorites are his Bracelets. Each of…

Full Color 3D Printing from 3ds Max

May 25, 2010

In the previous post we looked at some basic steps for 3D modeling in 3ds Max for Shapeways, in this…

3D Modeling in 3D Studio Max for Shapeways

May 24, 2010

Following is a basic tutorial to 3D model and output STL files for 3D printing using Autodesk’s 3ds Max (or…

Supporting Open Source: xj3d

May 5, 2010

We are huge supporters of open source software. The complete architecture of the Shapeways web platform is built around open…

3D printing virus for STL file type

April 1, 2010

Shapeways was over the past week hit by what we assume is the first virus to affect 3D printing. This…