How a 3D printer works can vary depending on the type of printing it's doing. Use this guide to understand the variations in materials and technique.

3D printing is changing the way we make things, and by extension the thing that we make. But how exactly does it work, and how is it advancing?

PLA filament is a great low-temperature printing filament that's easy to use, non-toxic, and suitable for beginners as well ...

Three-dimensional (3D) printing, also known as additive manufacturing or rapid prototyping, is the process of creating three-dimensional objects from digital files. Working on one layer at a time, 3D ...

Although 3D printers employ a variety of materials (such as plastic or metal) and techniques (see "How Does 3D Printing Work?" ...

Perhaps due to the processing time involved, it appears that there are no 3D metal-printing foundries in operation yet. However, traditional foundries do apply 3D printing indirectly as a way to ...

You've heard the hype about 3D printing but how does it actually work? Andrew Walker explains it's like baking a sliced loaf of bread backwards ...

How do 3D printers work? What's the impact on our economy? How expensive are they compared to traditional manufacturing? We take a three-dimensional look at the world of additive manufacturing.

A Dutch architect recently announced plans to construct a house using 3D printing, a technology that has been around for decades but has only entered the public consciousness in the last few years ...

In an experiment that sounds about as safe as bobbing for fries, ESA carried out the first-ever 3D metal printing in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Built with Airbus, the ...

3D printing has risen from obscurity to become a mainstream technology in the past decade. But how does it work? Read on for more!