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?

3D Spark secures €1.2M Seed Round to further develop its 3D printing software

Remember 3D Spark, the spin-off of Fraunhofer IAPT that has already helped French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom to save €1.8M in costs? The company has just closed its €1.2M seed round in a second...

Weighing 8 pounds (3.6 kg), 3D printed in Inconel, PTC demonstrates the capabilities of DfAM with this jet engine

Software company PTC has demonstrated the capabilities of DfAM by showcasing fully 3D-printed jet engine at its LiveWorx 2023 premier event. Designed in its Creo CAD software, the Inconel 3D printed jet engine weighs approximately eight...

How 3D printer manufacturers harness Oqton’s solutions: the case of Farsoon and Xact Metal

Software provider Oqton continues to partner with AM companies with different expertise to streamline the production with its platform. If the beginning of the year saw partnerships with Baker Hughes, Twikit and CASTOR, the...

DfAM: nTop discusses main updates of its flagship product

With the goal of bringing AM to mainstream production, software companies have as much work to do as other technology providers of the industry. For companies like nTop – previously known as nTopology -,...

Materialise’ latest version of Magics enables more traceability, connectivity, and automation

3D printing company Materialise has announced introducing new features for Magics, its data and build preparation software.  From product design to part and build preparation to printing, the digital thread connects the entire manufacturing...

Arkema and 3YOURMIND launch Easy3D material selection platform

Collaborations between material producers and software providers are not the most regular ones, but probably one of the most interesting ones that can occur between two stakeholders of the AM industry. The result of...

Oqton integrates CASTOR’s software into its Manufacturing OS platform

CASTOR, a software company that helps manufacturers identify opportunities for additive manufacturing (AM), is now collaborating with Oqton, a software provider that helps manufacturers increase efficiency by intelligently automating production. As part of the collaboration,...

Mantle adds high-precision shaping capabilities to its hybrid metal 3D printing technology

With the goal of enabling tool rooms to automate their toolmaking process by producing sharp corners and edges, Mantle, a manufacturer developing metal 3D printing for toolmaking, has recently unveiled a High-Precision Shaping package....

EOS unveils Smart Fusion software for faster LPBF metal 3D printing

First available for EOS machines and in the long-run on AMCM systems EOS has developed a software solution that could speed up the metal 3D printing process of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) machines....

Dyndrite to create metal 3D printer process materials knowledge with researchers from NMIS

 Dyndrite™, providers of the GPU-accelerated computation engine, is now a member of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS). The company will work with researchers from the NMIS Digital Factory on the development of Laser...