More affordable than ever, 3D printers are booming for personal, professional, and educational use. Here's everything to know before you buy one, along with the top models from our hands-on testing.

Review: The Plucky Squire is a gorgeous, colourful platforming-adventure that has you jumping between 2D and 3D worlds.

While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser cutters -- he also loves to play board games and tabletop RPGs. Expertise 3D printers ...

The most prolific collectors of 3D folk art by Abner and Aaron Zook are about to begin selling off their pictures, beginning ...

Surprisingly few DIYers use 3D modeling software, which is unfortunate. A tremendously powerful tool, modern 3D modeling software can run on computers, tablets or even phones. It allows you to create ...

SketchUp has powerful tools that ... model has failed because of a missed zero-thickness wall? With this in mind, the Platonics Ark—a 3D printer currently being developed in Helsinki, Finland ...

The potential for 3D-printable glass masonry is immense. It could be reused multiple times, serving as recyclable bricks for ...

A crack in the wall might define the horse's chest, for example. Tracings or sketches might miss nuances in the rocks that 3D images can bring to life. Dating back to the 1800s, stereoscopic ...

Ashampoo is an easy-to-use 3D CAD tool to help you visualize your ... partition or changing the size of a window — the advanced wall editing tools let you make those adjustments quickly.

Exploded diagrams close exploded diagramA 3D view of how each part of a design ... components that would usually be hidden in a solid drawing. Exploded diagrams can take the place of detailed ...

All the hardware is mounted on to a simple tray chassis, which was 3D printed along with most of the other basic componentry. The robot does a good job of plotting out a drawing on a small scale ...

3D printers are affordable enough that almost anyone can buy one, but should you? Before you dive in, here's what to consider—about materials, possible uses, software, and much more. Since 2004 ...