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3D design and 3D printing can play a role in helping us get through the COVID-19 outbreak. By enabling to manufacture just about any design, 3D printing can produce useful gadgets on demand like air filter holders and door openers as well as face shields.

Here at CGTrader, we want to help you find the best 3D models. Since we have more than 200,000 print-ready models to offer we also want to make sure you know about the best ways to turn those models into real objects!

Sometimes history intends to repeat itself. By that, we can say that yet another challenge has past. And what a challenge it was! Recreating the rulers of a nation and adding the greatest pieces of art, we've received some amazing works and it wasn't that easy to pick out the winners.

A big Thank You goes to all the participants and our sponsors and finally, let's give a huge round of applause to the winners of History Through 3D Printing Challenge!

If you're a parent, a teacher, a cool uncle or aunt, or a diddly doodly neighbor who is well-versed in techniques of 3D printing, spreading the magic of this emerging technology amongst the bright minded young individuals around you should be on the top of your "good deeds" list. A concern that the big thinkers are voicing today is that we're teaching the young generation things they won't need and failing to build on knowledge that will be essential to their lives and professional careers: additive manufacturing, robotics, product development, creative engineering, and so on.

At the core of your creative process there are few main steps that are almost impossible to skip.

1. It all starts with a genius idea and you're so excited... - "this is awesome!".

2. When the excitement buzz subsides and there's real stuff to deal with (goodbye, lighthearted hours of brainstorming!), you shift nervously in your chair and mumble - "oh, this is a bit tricky".

It's that dreadful time of the year when you're beginning to juggle ideas how to throw a romantic surprise for your SO (or you should be?..). So let me ask you - how's it going? Unless you're Mr Perfect, it's probably driving you nuts and you're secretly hoping this year you'll somehow agree on a no-gifts type of celebration. Well, let me tell you something. Even if you get so lucky that your partner releases you from this duty, do not believe it. Just. Don't. It's a trap and you know it. Take a moment to get some 3D printspiration and rock this silly day like a real Romeo.

Posted on Dec 8, 2014 by Juste Semetaite

Do you know what we find really disturbing? A lack of holiday spirit. Common, let those bells jingle. This year we are ready to confess we have the OCD (Obsessive Christmas Disorder). If you want to make this year's holiday a lot more special, take a few moments to run through these 3D printable Christmas ideas and join us in celebrating to the fullest.

Posted on Nov 24, 2014 by Juste Semetaite

Although the first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, the last Thursday in November was officially declared a day of thanksgiving by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, hoping the new national holiday would help unite the nation during the hard times of the Civil War. Today's Thanksgiving celebration is synonymous with feasting, football and family and continues to be a day for Americans to come together around a table. Hence, freshening up the tradition and setting a modern holiday table can help make for a memorable meal and family time. What better way to jazz up your Thanksgiving table if not by adding a contemporary twist to the beautiful traditional table setting using unique 3D printed tableware items?

Posted on Nov 6, 2014 by Juste Semetaite

Spending the weekend in bed is for lazy schmucks, so don't even think about burying your long-cherished plans to be productive and actually do something fun this time. Although there are hundreds of wonderful ideas how to rock your mini two-day holidays, all people really want to do in chilly weather is not to leave the house. At any cost. Unless it's a dead serious reason, like hosting the last picnic of the season or running a pre-winter marathon. Having anticipated this major excuse, we've come up with 4 home-related projects that will keep you warm, entertained and give you some actual, tangible results. Regardless of your hobbies (or gender), you'll find how to make yourself busy this weekend.

So let's go back to the core of the universe: what do women want? In all earnestness, we haven't got a clue. What we know is how to make a woman happy without triggering the big questions. It's best to start with giving her something she didn't know she wanted. It's a double punch and trust us when we say - it's a winner. The tricky part here is figuring out what it is that she doesn't know she wants... To make things a little less complicated, we took a risk to divide women in 6 1/2 personality types that would help bring order to chaos. Just don't adhere to stereotypes - think what she really, genuinely loves.