A roundup of the top news On 3D Printing brought you from August 6 to August 12.

Monday, August 6

• Infographic: How 3D Printing Works, Industry Growth, Stocks, and More

Tuesday, August 7

• 3D Printing On the Go: Portable 3D Printer PopFab Fits in a Suitcase
• Finally, an iPhone Case That Does Something Useful (Opens Beers)

Thursday, August 9

• Forbes 3D Printing Interview with Shapeways CEO Peter Weijmarshausen

Friday, August 10

• Open-Source 3D Printer Pwdr Takes on MakerBot, Offers New Materials
• Setting Up and Running a Fab Lab: Primer, History, and Recommendations
  

In June, we covered an exclusive story of 3D Systems’ Cubify division printing at Google I/O.

This week we received something special in the mail from Cubify: a custom 3D printed name plate featuring our very own brand “On 3D Printing”.

Thanks Cubify!

Here are the top 10 most popular stories On 3D Printing brought you in June 2012.

10. The Dutch combine 3D printing and textiles.

9. A review of 3D modeling software Tinkercad, SketchUp, and 123D.

8. People are wondering why Google sold 3D modeling business SketchUp.

7. Still popular: the Motley Fool reviews the 3D printing industry.

6. We exclusively covered 3D Systems’ Cubify at Google I/O 3D printing in San Francisco.

5. UP! 3D printer from China is a viable competitor to MakerBot and other.

4. You can be a superhero; your face 3D printed on a superhero action figure.

3. Facebook investor Peter Thiel backs 3D printing entrepreneur.

2.  Why 3D printing will be more fun than LEGO thanks to Minecraft.

1. 3D printing stock are hot and up over 180%! So was this article.

Thanks for reading in June!

Peter Thiel photo by thekenyeung used under Creative Commons license.

At the Google I/O conference in San Francisco this week, 3D printing was a popular theme. We reported earlier about the 3D Systems Cubify team hosting a printing station. Also at the conference was the Autodesk 123D team.

They were showing off their design software called 123D Catch, software for your laptop or iPad that lets you import a series of photos of a physical object and create a precise 3D model from those photos. The software is powered by the cloud and takes about 10 to 15 minutes to produce a model. In the example they were showing, the team had taken 30 photos of a marble statue in a museum and the software created a rich 3D model that was ready to print.

The Autodesk team was also printing objects on the MakerBot replicator.

Read more about Autodesk and 123D in our previous coverage.

Photos from Google I/O by on3dprinting.com.

Cubify by 3D systems hosted a 3D printing station at Google I/O in San Francisco this week. At this station, the 6,000+ Google I/O attendees could design their own custom 3D printed Nexus phone stand and print it off at the show.

Not only was the Cubify team educating people about 3D Printing, but also were announcing their public API to thousands of Android developers who might want to build a 3D printing app.

We took some photos of the team showing off some 3D printed goods, such as a belt, glove and tie.

The Cube printers were on display in various colors, each working to print a custom Nexus phone stand for a lucky attendee.

They also had some goods that were created on other 3D printers by 3D Systems, such as the guitar in this photo.

Read more about 3D Systems and Cubify in our previous posts.

Photos by on3dprinting.com.