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When we first introduced the Community Rating system, we didn’t really know what to expect. It seemed fair to include our community members, who are industry sharks themselves, into the process of selecting and promoting top-class 3D models. No one else knows this stuff better than you do. We glad it worked, and you enjoyed the game-based peer review. Now it’s time to introduce a couple of much-anticipated improvements that will further exhilarate the experience....

At least once in your life there should have been a situation when one or another part of your gadget - smartphone adapter, toaster locker or whatever - had got broken. You are getting desperate and disappointed asking yourself: "Where on Earth could I find this small piece?" Usually the answer is: "Nowhere, my dear. You should probably go and grab a new toaster or adapter" as it could be really hard to come by...

We believe that all Microsoft 3D Builder challenge participants have been impatiently waiting for the winner announcement. This competition was short and intense, though strong in results! We got 94 submissions for the challenge, that's a really remarkable number! Now it's time to announce who are elected as the best ones. Congratulations for all the participants of the challenge, but the biggest round of applause goes to three individuals, who managed to fulfill almost all...

Can you imagine your life without a soft and comfortable bed to lay after an extremely intensive day? What place would you choose to eat at if there were no chairs, sofas and tables invented? It's a fortune - we are living in the ages, which bring us countless number of extraordinary and unique furniture designs. Thus, we decided to expand the supply even more and run CG Furniture challenge! We believe it's the best...

Ladies and Gentlemen, two months passed incredibly fast and your captain is speaking to you again! CG Watercraft challenge has come to an end and we have just chosen the winners of this boat race! We had a great amount of miraculous models to choose from and the decision was not an easy one, but finally we are ready to announce those five lucky ones! Congratulations for all the participants as the judges of CGTrader...

670. It's a number of models tagged for CG Low Poly Model challenge. We've never had such a huge amount of models uploaded for any other CG contest! Seeing so much interest in low poly designs creation, we can promise you even more specific low poly challenges! Not only the number of entries is impressive, but also their quality. Amazing job, keep it up! Unfortunately, there are only four winning places. Let's give a huge...

Remember all that fuss about the changes to the EU VAT legislation? Although a little less in-your-face, it's still a problem for all the online sellers who have to track their customers' location and pay the VAT accordingly. The new EU legislation that came into force on 1 January 2015, affects all businesses that sell digital services such as downloads, games, apps, e-books and similar digital products, to other European countries. From now on, VAT...

3D printing has started to lose its magical glow. It’s becoming mainstream. You don’t get that many wide-eyed, shut-up-and-take-my-money looks simply by talking about 3D-printed cars, or guns, or cupcakes anymore. Old news. But don’t get me wrong, we think it’s good news, too. It’s time 3D printing moved passed the cool stuff and became unquestionably useful in everyday life. And given the recent avalanche of 3D scan-to-print technology announcements, this seems to be rapidly...

There were times when independent designers were really just tiny specks of creativity compared to the well-established design studios. The big guys ran the show and there was not much jewelry designers without serious financial backing could do to jump over that barrier. Well, let's call those times the pre-3D-printing Era. It's a bit like talking about the lives of those who survived the pre-Google Era. Tough times, serious struggle, happy to never know what...

The upcoming release of Apple Watch was creating so much media buzz that considering whether to launch the Apple Watch challenge or not didn't take us a lot of time. If the world is excited about this, it will most likely catch 3D designers' eye, too, right? This challenge was way shorter than others, but it didn't make any harm, as the models uploaded were extremely original. Huge round of applause for all the participants...