By adding new materials, like the MakerBot Tough PLA, MakerBot can give professional designers and engineers more ways to iterate faster, and more efficiently, so they can get the most bang for their buck out of MakerBot printers. Under a tensile load, this new filament will deform elastically and return to its original shape before it hits peak strength. 3D filament and supply company MakeShaper just released several new filament options this month, including a first-to-market alternative for MakerBot Gen 5 printers, including the MakerBot Replicator Mini, MakerBot Replicator (5th Gen), MakerBot Replicator z18, MakerBot Replicator 2, and the new MakerBot Replicator+. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/157903/makerbot-...-new-material/