People love buffets. Buffets allow the indecisive to skip and hop around without guilt or committing to just one boring dish. A quick taste here, a sample there. It’s a fun time. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have compiled such a buffet just for you. It is a very special kind of buffet, in that, […]
New App! Create & Modify STL’s with the Leopoly APP
The Free Leopoly APP is now available on the AstroPrint APP Store. If you are not familiar, Leopoly is a well-known tool designed to make 3D design super simple – especially if you are not too familiar with common CAD software. If you don’t have the time to crawl over steep learning curves prevalent in popular CAD […]
New Feature: Ability to Save Custom Slicer Settings
It is time boys and girls. One of the most requested features of AstroPrint is now live! You now have the ability to save your custom slicer settings for future use. Background A lot of AstroPrint users experiment and tweak various slicer settings in order to get the desired effect from their prints. This testing […]
Choosing Which 3D Printing Software to Use: OctoPrint or AstroPrint?
New guidelines are available in the learning center Introduction All 3D printers need host software to function. Host software is responsible for sending the actual commands to the 3D printer that tell the printer how to build an object. Most host software communicates with the printer via a wired USB connection. For most 3D printers, a computer running […]
Accelerating universal access to 3D Printing
“Modern technology is creating a society of such complex diversity and richness that most people have a greater range of personal choice, wider experience and a more highly developed sense of self-worth than ever before. For the first time, the common man has the opportunity to establish his own identity, to determine who he will […]
Press Release: AstroPrint Integrates the 3D Slash App, Creating a User-Friendly 3D Platform for Mainstream Users
Press Release ASTROPRINT INTEGRATES THE 3D SLASH APP, CREATING A USER-FRIENDLY 3D PLATFORM FOR MAINSTREAM USERS San Diego, CA and Paris, France, August 11, 2015 – AstroPrint, the cloud 3D printing software platform and 3D Slash, the fun and easy-to-use 3D modeling app, announced their partnership today. The combination of these two user-friendly services will […]
New GCODE Console App Launched in AstroBox Version 0.8(1)
You asked for it, and our Space Monkeys delivered! The number one requested feature for AstroBox software has been a GCODE Console. So, we had our Space Monkey dev team work around the clock until it was done! If you have not upgraded to version 0.8(1), please do so. In addition to the GCODE Console […]
AstroPrint Tip 5 (of 5): To Infinity and Beyond – Wireless 3D Printing
This is part of our Getting Started series that our space monkeys email to new users. Greetings AstroPrint-er, This is the final tip in your Getting Started series for AstroPrint. Don’t be sad the tips are ending, be happy you are now a 3D printing expert! 😉 Tip 5: To Infinity and Beyond! Now that […]
AstroPrint Tip 4 (of 5): The Space Station – All About 3D Printing Apps
This is part of our Getting Started series that our space monkeys email to new users. Hi AstroPrint-ers, This is tip #4 in a series of 5 Getting Started tips designed to make 3D printing easy and fun. Welcome to the AstroPrint Space Station (aka the AstroPrint App store). This is where developers, designers, and […]
AstroPrint Tip 3 (of 5): Take Off! All the Ways to Print with AstroPrint
This is part of our Getting Started series that we email to new users. Hi AstroPrint-er, This is tip #3 in a series of 5 tips designed to make 3D printing easy and fun. Tip #3 (of 5): Take Off – All the ways to print with AstroPrint So, you found a cool 3D design, […]