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?

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...

Q&A with Matthew Shomper on (Computational) DfAM & 3D Printed Medical Devices.

Matthew Shomper is an innovative engineering leader with extensive expertise in the computational design of biologically advantageous medical implants. With many cleared medical devices released into the field now residing in several patients across the world,...

Senvol’s machine learning software can accurately predict material performance for Additive Manufacturing. Here is how.

Software provider Senvol recently demonstrated a machine learning approach to material allowables development that was shown to be more flexible, cost-effective, time-effective, and equivalent to the conventional (in this case, MMPDS) approach to material...

3YOURMIND and Phillips Corp. Federal Division to enrich US Marine Corps.’ digital Additive Manufacturing (AM) capabilities

As part of their second-year contracts from the U.S. Marine Corps., software provider 3YOURMIND and 3D printing service provider Phillips Corp. work closely with AMOC to integrate 3YOURMIND’s part identification software with Marine Corps...

Download the May/June edition of 3D ADEPT Mag

In Additive Manufacturing, the prevailing myth is that it can only print small and complex parts. For AM users embarking on this journey, the story often starts with the use of the technology for...

ALIO develops a solution for motion control demands of Additive Manufacturing

Precise motion control systems are critical for the accuracy of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies due to their ability to deliver precise and coordinated movements of components. In AM, layer-by-layer deposition or selective laser sintering/melting...

Authentise introduces 3DGPT, a ChatGPT concept for Additive Manufacturing

The 3D Generative Pre-trained Transformer has been trained with 12K scientific additive manufacturing papers Software company Authentise has released 3DGPT, an Artificial Intelligence tool which allows users to ask any questions on AM. With 3DGPT, users...

Marketiger develops 3D printing configurator software, targets digital and analogue gaming communities

Marketiger, a company that started as a simple user of AM is carving out a place on the technology providers segment of the industry. The 3D printing service provider, has unveiled its software configurator...

Machine learning software Senvol ML™ used to ensure part performance across different 3D printers

Software company Senvol has received funding from the U.S. Army to lead a program focused on demonstrating that consistent part performance can be achieved on different additive manufacturing (AM) machines located at different sites. The...