$6000 DLP stereolithography printer, you might want to check out the recent announcement from Autodesk that open sources their electronics and firmware for their Ember 3D printer. The package ...

But, with the rise of hobbyist 3D printing, a number of much more simple CAD programs became available. While these programs certainly helped makers get into 3D modeling, most had serious limitations.

Today it's taken for granted. Microsoft and Autodesk want to do the same thing for 3D printing. Autodesk, the big design software company, is pushing a 3D printing standard called Spark ...