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?

3DCeram unveils new software solution to enhance precision in ceramic 3D printing

Ceramic 3D printing company 3DCeram is betting on automated solutions to deliver the most user-friendly experience with its SLA 3D printing systems. The company unveils at Formnext a software solution that aims to simplify...

LEAP 71 launches PicoGK, an open-source software framework for computational engineering

LEAP 71, a company that develops complex software models for engineering, has released an open-source software framework named PicoGK. Designed to provide engineers with foundational computational engineering capabilities that will allow them to build out...

Meet Additive Appearance, the latest newcomer in the AM software segment

Additive Appearance software solution would yield key benefits for product design where appearance matters The business segment might still be volatile but companies still seize the opportunity to penetrate new segments and address issues that...

What are the different design tools in the DfAM toolbox?

A few years ago, to understand how to “rethink design” while taking into account AM technologies’ capabilities, we discussed the transition from Design for Manufacturing (DfM) to Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM). The dossier...

Additive Manufacturing: the value chain polymerization process

In this opinion article, Kris Binon, former director of Benelux AM-association Flam3D and now Business Unit Development Manager at Hybrid Software discusses the concept of value chain polymerization process and the role of companies...

Metal 3D printing company Meltio unveils new software solution for precision production

Developer of wire-laser metal deposition technology, Meltio has recently unveiled Meltio Space software, a new slicer that will increase the reliability of metal part manufacturing. The toolpath generator software is designed for the Meltio Engine...

This is not DFAM: It is a form of automated, AI-driven optimization that produces simulation-verified design solutions for AM

In the digital-design-engineering world, there’s an urgent opportunity, right now, to fully exploit the tools of computer-aided engineering (CFD, FEA, electromagnetic simulation and more) using the capabilities of AI. Yes, we’re talking about design...

Nano Dimension acquires Additive Flow technology and IP

Additive Flow's core technology will be integrated into Nano Dimension's proprietary design package suite, FLIGHT. Nano Dimension has acquired the technology and intellectual property of U.K.-based company Additive Flow, a developer of solutions for 3D design...

WASP releases parametric 3D modelling application to improve experience with clay 3D printing

Italian 3D printing company WASP is one of the few companies that has been continuously demonstrating that there is a market for clay 3D printing – with new and improved products released since 2012....

Metafold, a newcomer in Design for Additive Manufacturing, just secured $1.78M to get into the market

 Metafold, a company known for its cloud- and API-based 3D engineering platform, has raised $1.78 million USD in seed funding to penetrate the industrial AM market. Last year, the company raised $500,000 CAD in pre-seed...

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Interspectral secures new funding to boost quality assurance in Metal AM

Interspectral, a SaaS provider has recently raised an undisclosed amount of capital led by  Navigare Ventures to boost quality assurance in Metal Additive Manufacturing....

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A hint of Layer One’s Atom 3: the 3D Printer that combines SLA and FDM

Layer One, a Taïwan-based manufacturer teases the features of their new 3D printer, which would merge both FDM (Fused Deposit Modeling) and SLA (stereolithography)....

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