22+ History Of 3D Printing Timeline Background. History of 3d printing part 1: Arcam, objet, and the first 3d printing medical breakthrough.
Nor is this timeline a history of the 3d printing process. 3d insider is ad supported and earns money from clicks and other ways. The history of printing dates back from the t'ang dynasty when the chinese developed woodblock printing.
Other printers interface to external computers, which may be running 3d after printing is completed, a certain amount of handling is required to remove the printed object and finish it.
Digital type foundry and emigre magazine founded. Apple macintosh personal computer introduced. But fdm is not even the first 3d printing technology developed, and 3d printing actually started in the 1980s. Here is a quick 3d printing timeline from the 1980s to today.