Design
3MF File Format for Additive Manufacturing: More Than Geometry
The file format offers a less data-intensive way of recording part geometry, as well as details about build preparation, material, process and more.
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CoreTechnologie Adds Texture Library to 4D_Additive Software
A revised texture module in the latest version of CoreTechnologie’s 3D printing software 4D_Additive now includes a specially developed texture library for surface finishing that is based on the VDI 3400 guideline.
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AddUp’s LevelUp Service Department Fosters Customers’ Industrial AM Capabilities
LevelUp endeavors to support customers through every stage of additive manufacturing, including training, application development, machine installation, qualification support and partnering with customers to scale, maximizing their return on investment.
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Horizon Expands Services With Subcontract Micro AM Production, Design Support
Horizon also offers a suite of proprietary coating processes that enable customers to successfully expand the functionality of parts which are typically produced in plastics on commercially available micro additive manufacturing platforms.
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Overcoming the Bottleneck to Customized Manufacturing: Quoting
Spokbee’s software-as-a-service platform is shaving months off of the quoting and pricing process for 3D printed and other types of configurable products.
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3D Printed Tennis Racket Serves a Collaborative Win
The collaboration between All Design Lab and Protolabs led to the creation of a 3D printed tennis racket via direct metal laser sintering, called Hìtëkw. This project not only pushed the limits of additive in terms of design capabilities but revealed how important active communication between customer and manufacturer can be for a project’s success.
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Ultra-Complex 3D Printed Scaffolds Enable Cell Growth: The Cool Parts Show #70
Perhaps the ultimate surface-area challenge is in bioengineering: creating structures that can grow sufficient cells within a compact volume to be effective for leading-edge medical treatments. The Southwest Research Institute develops bioreactor scaffolds that could only be made using 3D printing.
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7 Things You’ll Learn at the NPE2024 3D Printing Workshop
Are you a molder, toolmaker or OEM looking to adopt 3D printing? Here are 7 lessons about this technology that will be explored during a workshop at NPE2024: The Plastics Show.
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GRM Develops Software for OverHiPP Project to Improve Accuracy of Digital Twins
As part of an OverHiPP study, GRM has created software that enables users to virtually model and analyze 3D printed structures at a level of detail never seen before — an accurate digital twin can now be generated, enabling precise design decisions to be made.
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Study Indicates AM Users Familiar with Generative Design More Open to Pivoting Production
A paper published by Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) found that firms with generative design experience were more agile in pivoting to make pandemic-response items, regardless of whether they applied these design tools to do so.
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