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?

[ACQUISITION] Hexagon to decrease time-to-print for Additive Manufacturing thanks to AMendate

Hexagon will officially be the parent company of AMendate, a Germany-based start-up that supplies simulation software solutions that support the generation and optimization of designs for additive manufacturing (AM). For the specialist in sensor, software...

Prusa Introduces A New Edition of Slic3r, And It Has A New Name

Prusa Research introduces a new version of the Slic3r software. The original software was almost completely revamped, so it was high time to change the name as well. The new version is called PrusaSlicer 2.0...

“Blockchain & Additive Manufacturing”, an unknown future

Last Month, we talked to Willem-Jan van Loon, founder of Beamler, an Amsterdam-based start-up that provides the industry with 3D printing software service. The aim of that talk was to get Willem-Jan van Loon’s...

Materialise launches Streamics 8, its 3D printing operations management software

With the launch of the 2019 RAPID+TCT Conference, we have been receiving a lot of announcements from companies. This announcement from Materialise is among the first ones that raised our attention. It’s about the launch of its...

The April Issue of 3D ADEPT Mag is out!

Meeting the needs of industry A recent experience reminded us of one of the ways we answer questions of industrial users and AM operators. A closer look at the market reveals a similar strategy applied...

Animation Studio Laika also benefits from Fraunhofer 3D Printing technology for the film “Missing Link”

Laika’s recently released film, “Missing Link”, has seems to have required various types of 3D printing technologies during the preparation. The first application of the technology revealed within the movie is Susan, the 3D...

Siemens and Interspectral to accelerate industrialization for AM with a 3D visualization tool

3D-visualization (AR and VR) is a key factor that will foster the industrialization of additive manufacturing and other tools. Siemens and Interspectral give an insight into how they will collaborate to accelerate industrialization. As seen in the...

Autonomous Additive Manufacturing: AMFG’s software solves volume problems in the market

    As additive manufacturing technology continues to evolve, so too will software solutions from companies. Taking advantage of real-time production data alongside machine learning algorithms to obtain accurate insight into a specific manufacturing...

SLM Solutions to secure intellectual property for its metal AM with Identify3D software

SLM Solutions and Identify3D have expanded their collaboration to secure intellectual property for its metal additive manufacturing process chain. In a recent Opinion of The Week, Aslan Shirazian from Grow Software explained that Intellectual Property...

Authentise and Microsoft to enable additive manufacturing operators to create their own automations

Authentise, a specialist in data-driven workflow tools for additive manufacturing, has signed a multi-year collaboration agreement to give more freedom to additive manufacturing operators. The collaboration consists in utilizing Microsoft Azure and integrating Authentise’s...

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