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Printers
Creality's KliTek Toolchanger Wants to Make Multicolor and Mixed Nozzles Routine
Creality's upcoming K3 flagship uses a new lightweight nozzle-changing system called KliTek that enables print-in-place multicolor, stable 80A TPU, and mixing nozzle sizes mid-print — claiming TPU flow rates seven times those of typical consumer machines.
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Industry
Bioprinting's Big Year: Vascular Networks, a $28.5M Printed Liver, and AI-Designed Tissue
3D bioprinting has moved past skin and cartilage to complex, vascularized tissue in 2026. A Carnegie Mellon team won up to $28.5M to bioprint a functional liver, and new techniques can build the tiny blood vessels real organs require.
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Software
FreeCAD Grew Up: The Open-Source CAD Makers Have Waited For
With version 1.0 and the 1.1 follow-ups, FreeCAD crossed into genuine production readiness. The free, open-source parametric modeler now offers a credible alternative to subscription CAD for makers who want to own their tools and their files.
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Printers
Prusa's Core One L Scales Up the CoreXY Without Scaling Up the Footprint
Prusa's new Core One L doubles the print volume of the Core One while growing its footprint by just 10%. With an actively heated chamber, a cast-aluminum convection bed, and a roughly $1,819 price, it's aimed squarely at serious makers and pros.
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Business
Tariffs Are Reshaping US 3D Printing — and the Cheap-Printer Era Is Stalling
New US tariffs on Chinese goods have pushed desktop 3D-printer prices up sharply: Bambu Lab's H2D jumped from $1,899 to $2,699, and entry-level machines are getting scarce. With Chinese brands making 95% of budget printers, American makers are feeling it.
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Guides
How to Eliminate Stringing in Your 3D Prints: A Practical Guide
Those fine plastic wisps strung across your print have a handful of fixable causes. Here's how to diagnose and beat stringing — from retraction and temperature to the one factor most people overlook: wet filament.
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Materials
PLA vs PETG vs ABS: Which Filament Should You Actually Use?
The three most common 3D-printing filaments each shine at different jobs. Here's a plain comparison of PLA, PETG, and ABS — how hard they are to print, how tough they are, and which one to reach for depending on the part.
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Printers
The Race to Cheap Multicolor: How Sub-$600 Printers Are Closing in on the AMS
Multicolor printing used to mean a premium AMS or a tool changer. Now a wave of affordable CoreXY machines — Elegoo's Centauri Carbon line, Bambu's A2L, and low-purge newcomers — is bringing it within reach. Here's where the budget multicolor race stands.
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Software
OrcaSlicer 2.4.0 Lands Orca Cloud, Z Anti-Aliasing, and Smarter Multi-Material
The most popular open-source slicer just shipped a big update: its own cloud profile-sync platform, Z anti-aliasing for smoother top surfaces, machine input shaping, and a stack of print-quality upgrades. Here's what's actually worth knowing.
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Business
Stratasys to Buy Markforged for $42.5 Million, Consolidating Industrial Composite Printing
Stratasys has agreed to acquire Markforged — the continuous-carbon-fiber printing pioneer — for $42.5 million in an all-cash deal that folds a former Nano Dimension subsidiary into the additive giant. It is the clearest sign yet of consolidation in industrial 3D printing.
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Materials
Carbon Fiber, Foaming, and Bio-Based: The New Wave of High-Performance Filaments
2026's materials news is about pushing well past basic PLA: bio-based carbon-fiber PPA rated to 235°C, foaming filaments that cut part weight in half, and fresh engineering-grade resins from Stratasys. Here's what's new and why it matters for makers.
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Industry
California's AB 2047 Would Force Gun-Blocking Software Into Every 3D Printer Sold in the State
California's Assembly passed AB 2047, which would require consumer 3D printers to embed firearm-blueprint detection software, ban non-compliant models from sale, and fine retailers $25,000 per violation. Makers and the EFF warn it could censor printing far beyond guns.
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