At its most basic, 3D printing is a manufacturing process in which material is laid down, ... 3D object databases offer numerous 3D object files that can be downloaded and printed out.

With prints measuring up to 8.7 x 8.7 x 9.8 inches, this model can easily churn out some of the most popular 3D-printed objects like fidget toys, replacement parts, and gaming miniatures.

The second most popular method for 3D printing is an older technique called stereolithography, or SLA. In this case, photo-curable resin is the print material instead of a solid spool.

Elaborate multipart objects, like this chain, can be 3D printed all at once using a new vat polymerization technique. Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.5c00337 ...

Roblox is launching and open-sourcing Cube 3D, the first version of its foundational AI model for generating 3D objects. The model is trained on 3D objects. Eventually, it will be multimodal.

There are a whole bunch of different ways to create 3D scans of objects these days. Researchers at the [UW Graphics Lab] have demonstrated how to use a small, cheap time-of-flight sensor to generat… ...