IBM is exploring a way to turn empty 3D printed cavities into engineered features instead of unused air. Most desktop and industrial extrusion based systems treat hollows as a simple geometry problem.

When working with an FDM 3D printer your first prints are likely trinkets where strength is less relevant than surface quality. Later on when attempting more structural prints, the settings become ...

Infill is the slider everyone touches, almost nobody truly understands, and plenty of people blame when a print fails. That’s partly because it looks like a “strength” knob, and strength is an easy ...

100% infill won’t make your 3D prints stronger. Other factors matter far more.

It is always tricky setting the infill for a 3D printed part. High infill parts are strong but take longer to print, while low infill prints take less time, but are weaker internally and in danger of ...