Software for Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing

Design, simulation, pre-processing, distribution, manufacturing, inspection, and quality…A lot of software tools are required to effectively implement 3D printing in a production environment. What are the different categories of 3D printing software (Additive Manufacturing Software ) & most importantly, how do they fit together in an AM workflow?

“REcreate”, Hexagon’s new software designed to reverse engineer parts from metrology scan to manufacturable model

Reverse engineering processes are usually leveraged throughout manufacturing and maintenance processes. However, despite the availability of highly capable metrology systems, these processes can require complex digital workflows to account for incompatible data types and...

DeskArtes on how it intends to serve both the industrial 3D printing and the hobbyist & DIY markets

From product manager to Managing Director, it’s been more than two decades that Ismo Mäkelä has been involved at DeskArtes, a Finland-based company that focuses on the development and commercialization of its additive manufacturing...

Intellegens and Ansys to integrate machine learning methods into Additive Manufacturing workflows

Although we do no doubt their strength, machine learning and additive manufacturing form a combination that is not yet fully understood. A collaboration between machine learning specialist Intellegens and engineering simulation expert Ansys outlines...

3D Control Systems unveils cloud-based AM platform ZAP

3D Control Systems has just launched a new AI-powered automated software platform for the advanced manufacturing industry. Named ZAP, the software company ensures that the new platform is a cost-saving tool in hidden costs...

e-Xstream simplifies Composite 3D printing with production cost evaluation and time saving in material analysis

Composite 3D printing is not just about materials as we recently discovered with Anisoprint. Like other AM technologies, it’s also a matter of software and one company we are closely monitoring in the field...

News RoundUp : Interspectral vs AMEXCI, IAM3DHUB x Renishaw, Imaginarium x GE Additive, Sintavia x AMCM, Solukon x HASMAK-T

Who recently purchased what? And who will distribute what? This edition of “news roundup” covers multiple purchases and 3D printing partnerships across the world. New purchases and operating agreements Interspectral will support AMEXCI’s R&D activities |...

EDAG Group, another company that will take ELISE’s generative engineering to a more practice-oriented level

For us, generative engineering is not a buzzword. We are learning a lot on the way this technology is reimagining design workflow – of products manufactured via AM of course. One company we are...

Polygonica 3.0 aims to be the “best polygon mesh modeller” for additive manufacturing, CAD, CAE, CAM and many more.

MachineWorks has released the latest version of its Polygonica tool, a general polygon mesh processing engine. As a reminder, the UK-based software company is acknowledged in a wide range of industries including dental, medical, mining...

Gravity Pull Systems develops a software solution that enables IoT applications for industrial additive manufacturing processes

 Gravity Pull Systems has developed a software solution creates 24/7 holistic overall process in additive manufacturing. The AI-based Synoptik software platform of the Swiss start-up enables IoT / IIoT applications for industrialized additive manufacturing processes,...

3D Printing Software 4D_Additive uses Artificial Intelligence for Nesting

 CoreTechnologie has released a new version of its 3D printing Software 4D_Additive. The latter now works with artificial intelligence algorithms to achieve an optimal heat distribution. The addition of this new technology ensures a...

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