A roundup of the top news On 3D Printing brought you from June 25 to July 1.

Monday, June 25

• Will Apple Make a Big Acquisition to Enter the 3D Printing Market?
• $300 3D Printer Printxel Shows at the Kansas City Maker Faire

Tuesday, June 26

• 3D Printing Will Empower Most Innovative Decade in History – Forbes

Wednesday, June 27

• Broadway Shows Get New Mojo with 3D Printed Set Design
• Exclusive: Cubify by 3D Systems Prints at Google I/O and Launches API

Thursday, June 28

• Micro 3D Printing: How Small Can You Go? Shapeways Shows Us

Friday, June 29

• Autodesk Shows off 123D Catch Software and 3D Printing at Google I/O
• 3D Systems Announces “Smarter 3D Printing” Seminars for Entrepreneurs

Broadway set designer Kacie Hultgren is using 3D printing to innovate on how she brings the stage to life.

To realize the vision of a Broadway production, financiers and producers need to see what the set is going to look like, at a miniature scale. Hultgren and others in her profession had always done this the old-fashioned way, through crafting cardboard, paper, and foam core. Now Hultgren is setting a new standard in set design by way of 3D printing.

“The thing about a 3D printer is, it’s almost like having light manufacturing in your house,” Hultgren says. “For small quantities, MakerBot is great. You can test out what’s going to be popular.”

3D printing technology lets her build full sets to scale and then replicate the models quickly to share with stakeholders. She has worked on shows like John Lithgow’s The Columnist and Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway.

Via Wired.