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If you are looking for an easy-to-use 3D modelling software and alternative to Fusion 360. You might be interested to know that Plasticity 24.2 has arrived, bringing a comprehensive set of new tools ...

AI tools have made image to 3D model generation faster, but many users still face a manual workflow before a model can be printed. Textured AI-generated assets often require slicer setup, manual color ...

What Is Slicer Software and How Does it Enable 3D Printing? 3D printing, a type of additive manufacturing, works by creating objects layer-by-layer based on a digital computer-aided design (CAD) model ...

Stability AI, the startup behind the text-to-image AI model Stable Diffusion, thinks 3D model creation tools could be the next big thing in generative AI. At least, that’s the message it’s sending ...

Software that can create high-resolution multi-material 3D printable models. Instead of the current boundary-based multi-material 3D printing, this software can change materials on a voxel-by-voxel ...

Another 3D printing term you should understand.

Reallusion launched AI Studio, pairing iClone 3D scene control with ByteDance's top-ranked Seedance 2.0 to give filmmakers precision that text prompts alone cannot deliver.

Adding textures is a great way to experiment with giving 3D prints a different look, and [PandaN] shows off a method of adding a wood grain effect in a way that’s easy to play around with. It involves ...

Nano Banana is a cutting-edge AI image creation tool developed by Google and officially launched on August 26, 2025. It's built on the Gemini 2.5 Flash Image API, which allows users to generate and ...

This chapter covers the management and preservation of digital records related to 3D models and digital quality artifacts in the design phase. It introduces the international standard context for ...