In part 3 of our series on 3D printing we'll go over the included Cube software that comes with the Cube 3D Printer.

 

Warning: This product is made by our parent company but I will do my best to remain as unbiased as possible and give my honest impressions along the way.

 

The Cube software is a very simple tool and very easy to use, partly because it is very limited in its intended functions. This isn't a 3D editor so you won't be designing models in the Cube software. Instead, it's a tool that will import 3D models in .stl format, .cube format, or .creation format and here is what it looks like... 

 

In part 2 of our series on 3D printing we'll go over the actual process of printing a 3D model,  what we call a "creation", with tons of pictures. It's a pretty amazing process and even though I've watched over 20 creations print it still blows me away every time.

 

Warning: This product is made by our parent company but I will do my best to remain as unbiased as possible and give my honest impressions along the way.

 

Once you setup your Cube printer you'll get a USB thumb drive that is included and has a few print ready models on it in the .cube file format that the Cube printer can read. Don't worry too much about the .cube format though, the included software will let you import any STL file as well as scale that STL file to the size you want. The software then builds the STL file into a .cube file and you're off to the printer from there. 

 

For our very first blog post on the topic of 3D printing with the Cube we'll give a little bit of background information on what the Cube printer is, what it can do, and then move onto the unboxing of our very own Cube. While those of us at The3dStudio.com have been dealing in 3D modeling for years now, we're actually new to 3D printing so we're learning as we go!

 

 

 

Pretty cool, the new Cube personal 3D printer was named as a finalist for CNET's Best in Show at CES. If you like what you saw at CES, or like the idea of the Cube printer in general give us a vote: http://www.cnet.com/ces/peoples-voice/