News

This Challenge provided us with some great and different concepts of future! It looks like a lot of our contestants had different perspectives, but we've finally reached a decision for the winners of Vehicles from 2050's Challenge! Big Congratulations for the champs and Thank you for all the contestants and sponsors! Best Model Winner: future car model shark by kazimdoku 1st Runner-up: Audi Concept Racecar - Auto Union by Neubi3D 2nd Runner-up: Post-apocalyptic battle-car by...

Most of us marketing people (that includes you too, 3D designers!) are always looking to find some ways to attract customers and make our product look as good as it actually is (you do believe in your product, don't you?). It's like our own little children we have to take through the baby steps of growing and making their own lives. Well, this time we've got a good one for you - Instructographics on how...

As one of our partners from LA, we decided to write a short intro to the New Media Film Festival. A great innovative film festival that should put some interest to our 3D enthusiasts as well! Take a minute off your day and read about a Film Festival that gathers more interest and provides something new every year. Based in Los Angeles, the 7th Annual New Media Film Festival celebrates the ever-changing world of new...

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...

You've designed dozens of models, but here comes a day when you get confused about what to model next? You are starting to hesitate which categories sell best and which of them you should concentrate on? Calm down, you are not the only one trying to find the answers to those eternal questions. We are here to bring the answers to you. Dive into the data we've prepared for you, analyze it and get fresh...

One more challenge has just finished, so our judges were extremely curious to dive into the ocean of the submitted designs and select the best ones. Not an easy, but definitely one of the most favorite tasks though! Dozens of fictional creatures, fantastic spaceships and other alien and space-related models which took our breath away! Congratulations for the challenge participants: all of you did an incredible job here! However, we made our choice and selected...

This challenge was an intense one and we believe it to be one of the most useful 3D printing contest we have ever had. Why? The answer is laying somewhere between the models submitted as it is really fascinating to see how many designers have thought about the original ways to solve the problems arising in everyday life with the help of 3D printing technology! It was hard to choose the best ones as there...

Being one of the largest marketplaces for 3D models worldwide, CGTrader is excited to officially release its API covering businesses both interested in uploading 3D models to CGTrader and the ones looking to offer 3D designs to their customers. “API launch is a meaningful step forward in expanding our 3D content library, creating business opportunities as well as improving designer workflows. We believe the API will benefit many players in the 3D industry, such as...

Better, faster, smarter. It’s been great three months ‘round here. While many of you had been sipping the summer’s nectar, we had worked tirelessly to bring you a massively improved search engine that returns more relevant search results in less time. You can call us overachievers all you want – the minute you will try the new search, you’ll agree it was worth the fight. We’ve moved to the new version of ElasticSearch search server,...

Little things matter. And we're not talking about love here. Gadgets, accessories and clever inventions that make your life so much smoother and simpler is where our mind (and heart, for that matter!) lingers. We have teamed up with Leapfrog for a Spare parts challenge that is closing soon, so it's a friendly shout out to you all - we're still waiting for inspiring ideas! If, for some reason, you're in that horrible mondayesque limbo,...