You might be familiar with 3D Platform, a company dedicated to making large-format 3D printers. Now it seems they’re working on ways to make large prints much faster. Many of the currently available large format 3D printers are simply scaled up versions of RepRap-style extrusion machines. This style of machine works perfectly well at the…

3D Platform has long been known as a producer of “huge” 3D printers, but the word “huge” will have to be replaced after this announcement. Their flagship product, the 3DP Workbench, was a well-received 1m-sized 3D printer, far less costly than most industrial alternatives. It was essentially a highly-tuned, scaled up version of a desktop…

Imagine working on a project, modeling and simulating the design, in the very environment. A 100% dimensionally accurate environment that you shot with your mobile device. It’s an ability we’ve talked about here before, considered the effect on product development and honestly, thought would be here much sooner. We’ve scanned parts, reference geometry and rooms…