With the goal of transforming customers’ digital design and manufacturing environments, 3D Systems keeps upgrading its software solutions as they constitute the core of its strategy.

In that regard, the latest updates of 3DXpert® for SOLIDWORKS 15 aim to facilitate the preparation and optimization of their designs for additive manufacturing. The improvements mainly include a better automation and seamless bi-directional data exchange from and to SOLIDWORKS.

Reimagining how software supports the process and corrects issues

Only meant for conventional manufacturing processes, the design toolset usually raised barriers to digital manufacturing workflow optimization. Furthermore, with the demand for lighter weight parts and parts that possess complex geometries, 3D Systems’ upgraded software solution enables new possibilities while allowing the creation of more shapes in more ways.

In a nutshell, for users, these possibilities mean:

  • Shorten the design cycle with enhanced bi-directional data transfer:Seamless bi-directional data transfer achieved with the click of a button – reducing time and effort while preserving data integrity.
  • Optimize design structure with an enhanced lattice development suite:Designers can now develop bespoke structures to capitalize on intellectual property, reduce costs and gain competitive advantage, in addition to using the rich library of predefined lattice structures.
  • Easily achieve successful prints with automated tools & workflows: A new power-supports capability fully automates support generation for multiple geometries with the click of a button. In addition, enhanced build simulation capabilities provide designers with clear and immediate feedback on their design decisions.

“Software is the foundation of transformative digital manufacturing solutions,” said Radhika Krishnan, executive vice president, software, healthcare, & digitization, 3D Systems. “Looking at our expertise and combining that with our end-to-end software portfolio solutions and the specific needs of SOLIDWORKS designers, we realized that we could help SOLIDWORKS users streamline their digital manufacturing workflows and gain competitive advantage in several ways such as adding design for additive manufacturing capabilities to their toolset with 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS 15. In addition, SOLIDWORKS users can accelerate their product design cycle and reduce the time – from hours to minutes – required to build CAD models of real-world objects using advanced scan-to SOLIDWORKS capabilities that are included in our Geomagic® for SOLIDWORKS solution. Users can also use GibbsCAM®, our complementary CAM solution to complete their subtractive design and manufacturing workflow.”

The new version of 3DExpert will be available as from March 2020. In the meantime, designers and engineers can benefit from a free trial available for download.

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