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Software
HEXOstudios 1.1 Adds Rhino, FreeCAD, glTF and G-Code Toolpath Previews to a Free Mac 3D File Library
HEXOstudios, a local-only Mac app that catalogs and previews 3D files without moving them, has a free 1.1 update that brings it to twelve formats, including Rhino, FreeCAD and glTF, and adds 3D G-code toolpath previews and a Send to Slicer hand-off.
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Materials
WASP Is Testing a Dual Extrusion Process That Prints Earth and Plastic in Alternating Layers
WASP's patent-pending dual extrusion process alternates earth paste and plastic pellets layer by layer, so the plastic holds up geometries that clay can't support alone and can be separated from the earth again at end of life. Recycled PLA is among the first materials tested, and no performance data or launch date has been released.
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Business
SprintRay Moves Past Printers With Its First Intraoral Scanner and a Compact Nano Print-Wash-Cure Line
SprintRay is no longer just a printer company: at 3DNext 2026 it launched Foundation, its first intraoral scanner, and the compact Nano print-wash-cure line for single-patient jobs. Both ship in November, and the scanner puts SprintRay in direct competition with established scanner makers.
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Printers
Peopoly Opens General Sales of the $15,000 Giga 800 Pellet Printer, Adds Laser Bed Leveling
Five months after its debut, Peopoly's 800 mm-cube Giga 800 pellet printer goes on general sale from $15,000 with laser-assisted bed leveling, a 3 kg/h screw extruder, open Klipper firmware and US stock shipping in 7-10 days.
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Business
3D Systems Opens a 50,000-Square-Foot Industrial Technology Center in Littleton, Colorado
3D Systems has opened a 50,000 sq ft Industrial Technology Center in Littleton, Colorado, bringing its additive manufacturing footprint to about 270,000 sq ft and putting a defense-grade compliance stack behind its push into aerospace, defense and semiconductor equipment parts.
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Software
3Descu Opens Its 3D Printing Quote Engine to ChatGPT and Claude via MCP
Romanian print bureau 3Descu now lets ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and VS Code return FDM and SLA quotes from a public STL or OBJ link through an MCP server. It needs no account or API key, and people still check every file before anything is printed.
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Industry
Nikon AM Wins DoD Contract for Two-Meter Metal Printers to Build Tomahawk Mid-Bodies
Nikon Advanced Manufacturing will deliver multiple custom two-meter-tall NXG-E-based laser powder bed fusion systems under a Department of War COTA contract, building Tomahawk missile mid-bodies at its Long Beach, California technology center.
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Software
OctoPrint 2.0.0rc7 Arrives Unplanned to Patch a Stored XSS in the New Serial Connector
OctoPrint's unplanned 2.0.0rc7 fixes a low-severity stored XSS in the new Serial Connector that affects rc1 through rc6, adds support for Prusa Buddy-style firmware, and asks Klipper and Bambu owners to test the new connectors.
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Printers
Prusa's 400C HT Hotend Ships With HighTemp Sheets, PPS and PPA-CF Filaments, and Measured Adhesion Gains
Prusa's 400C HT Hotend is shipping now, and it comes with HighTemp sheets for CORE One+/L+, new PPS and PPA-CF filaments, and Prusa's own measurements of up to 23% better layer adhesion on standard Prusaments. The 60C chamber still limits PEEK and PEI.
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Business
Roboze Raises $10M to Build U.S. Production and Push Into Ceramic Matrix Composites
Italian high-performance polymer printer maker Roboze has raised $10M led by returning backer Rialto Ventures, and is spending it on U.S. capacity for qualified end-use parts, new hires and a move into ceramic matrix composites and stealth-related materials.
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Materials
Xenia Materials and Italy's CNR Partner on Smart Composites for Molding, Pellet and Filament Printing
Xenia Materials and Italy's IPCB-CNR plan thermoplastic composites that use carbon fiber, nanofillers and graphene to add self-healing, energy absorption, EMI shielding and conductivity, for both molding and 3D printing. No timeline or data has been released yet.
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Industry
Navy Asks Industry Who Can 3D Print 129 Valve, Fitting and Fan Parts, With SUBSAFE Items Possibly Next
NAVSUP's new RFI lists 129 valve, fitting and fan parts it wants suppliers to additively manufacture, asks how to structure incentives for fixed-price contracts, and says Level I/SUBSAFE parts could eventually be on the table.
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