3D Software
Defense Logistics Agency Awards Senvol Grant to Predict Mechanical Performance of 3D Printed Parts
New York-based Senvol, which provides data to companies to help them adopt 3D printing into their workflows, has been pretty focused on military applications as of late. The company joined the National Armaments Consortium in July, and it received a grant in August...
Researchers Make Kinetic Structures Out of Plastic Bottles, Linear Actuators, and 3D Printed Connectors
Last spring, we heard about an intriguing research project out of Germany’s Hasso-Plattner Institute (HPI), called TrussFab. The integrated, end-to-end 3D software system made it possible to design sturdy, large-scale structures, and then determine the proper...
Renishaw Partnering with Altair to Bring Metal 3D Printing to Industrial End Users
UK-based Renishaw, one of the world’s top metrology and spectroscopy companies, is also well-known for its advanced metal 3D printers. The company works to make the technology more mainstream, and is now partnering up with enterprise engineering software...
ANSYS and Granta Design Partner to Deliver Integrated Simulation Solutions for 3D Printing
Simulation is an extremely important part of additive manufacturing. There are many things that can go wrong with an additive manufacturing build, particularly when metal is involved, and a failed build means wasted time, material and money. Because metal...
Materialise Introduces New Simulation Module for Metal 3D Printing at TCT
The TCT Show in Birmingham, England draws to a close today, but it’s been a packed few days with lots of new product announcements and presentations. One of those announcements came from Materialise, which introduced its new simulation software for metal 3D...
Link3D and ACAM Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing Partnering Up to Increase 3D Printing Adoption Across Europe
Link3D, which provides execution workflow software to the additive manufacturing industry, has had a pretty busy year. In between facilitating biomedical 3D printing for a case study and integrating blockchain and industrial 3D printing, the company, based in New York...
3D Printing News Briefs: September 26, 2018
We’re starting with some news from the ongoing TCT Show in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to webcasts and YouTube videos, finishing with an update on the upcoming Viaggio a Shamballa event by WASP. At the TCT Show, AMFG has unveiled...
Fabpilot by Sculpteo Demonstrating New FDM 3D Printing Integration at TCT Show
Last year, French 3D printing company Sculpteo first introduced its standalone Fabpilot software in October, before officially launching the fully cloud-based solution at formnext the month after. Now this week, at the 2018 TCT Show in Birmingham, Fabpilot by Sculpteo...
Additive Works to Present Latest Version of Amphyon Software at Formnext 2018
German company Additive Works has spent a great deal of time perfecting its Amphyon software, a simulation tool for powder bed-based, laser beam melting 3D printing that allows users to run through the additive manufacturing process before doing it for real. The...
PetriPrinter: Open Source Software Designed Specifically for Bioprinting
Bioprinting is a growing, exciting field, with advancements being made toward the treatment of diseases and the eventual 3D printing of organs. Bioprinters are becoming more sophisticated and capable, but what about the software that is used with those 3D printers? In...
3D Printing News Briefs: August 31, 2018
Welcome to this month’s last edition of 3D Printing News Briefs! Today, in honor a new month starting tomorrow, we’re starting with stories about everything new. BEEVERYCREATIVE will soon launch a new 3D printer kit, while Fast Radius is opening a new...
CAxMan Project Supports Advancement of Industrial Additive Manufacturing
The world of additive manufacturing is constantly evolving, thanks to projects that endeavor to make it more efficient and effective. Many of those projects are designed to make hardware and software work together more smoothly. The Computer Aided Technologies for...
Researchers Develop and Test 3D Printed Simulator for Neuraxial Anesthesia Training To Help Make Your Next Epidural or Surgery Safer
It’s always easier for doctors, surgeons, and nurses to perform a procedure on a patient if they’ve practiced it a time or two. We’ve seen 3D printed medical simulators for all sorts of medical procedures, from inserting IVs and suturing to...
Senvol Receives Grant for Applying Data Analytics to 3D Printing Data
Senvol provides data to other companies in order to help them implement 3D printing into their workflows. Its massive searchable network, called the Senvol Database, is dedicated to searching 3D printers and materials for engineers who require machines with specific...
3D Printing News Briefs: August 18, 2018
In 3D Printing News Briefs, in which we share news about some upcoming events, and then move on to business, science, and 3D printing pen art. Europac 3D and Addition Design and Research are showing their plans for the upcoming TCT Show, and the Formlabs Roadshow is...
3D Printing News Briefs: August 7, 2018
We’re starting things off on today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with a little business and a little software, before moving on to more cool 3D printing projects and products. NextFlex has announced its Project Call 4.0, and we’ve got a closer look at a...
AMFG Introduces New Holistic Build Analysis Tool for Additive Manufacturing
AMFG is a UK-based provider of automation software for additive manufacturing that helps clients to streamline their production workflows. Today, the company introduced a new Holistic Build Analysis Tool that allows manufacturers to instantly estimate how full a...
3D Printing News Briefs: July 27, 2018
We’ve got plenty of awards and other business news for you today in 3D Printing News Briefs. Sinterit and ViscoTec each received awards for their technology, while Arkema announced that it is opening a 3D Printing Center of Excellence at its Pennsylvania...
Cloud-Based Simulation and More Among New Features in Netfabb 2019
Netfabb has been a popular software program even since before it was acquired by Autodesk, and each year it offers more and more features to its users as Autodesk brings out new versions. Recently, Autodesk introduced Netfabb 2019, which has several new features in...
No Bones About It: Materialise Has Taken On a Mammoth 3D Printed Reconstruction Project
Materialise is in the middle of an SLA 3D printing project of epic proportions…one might even call it a mammoth job. The Belgium-based company is creating a life-size, 3D printed reconstruction of the first mammoth skeleton ever displayed in Western Europe....
3D Printing News Briefs: July 24, 2018
For today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with business as usual, and then moving on to some pretty interesting 3D printing projects from around the world. First up, Ultimaker has opened a new office in Singapore to meet the growing demand for...
3D Printing News Briefs: July 17, 2018
In Today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re covering a lot of business and a little medical news. AMFG is partnering with a top UK bearings manufacturer to help automate its digital manufacturing workflows, while Segula Technologies has begun an industrial...
ZiggZagg Saves Money and Grows 3D Printing Client Base With DigiFabster’s SaaS Platform
3D printing software and services provider DigiFabster, established in 2015, uses its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to help companies automate and streamline certain business processes in a single step. Recently, Belgium-based 3D printing service bureau...
CYBER Team Uses FDM and Topology Optimization to Streamline Digital Workflow for 3D Printed Orthotics
The CYBER Team, which stands for Cyber-Physical Design and Additive Manufacturing of Custom Orthoses, is on a mission to leverage 3D printing and Industry 4.0 to make better Ankle Foot Orthotics (AFO), and more specifically to address the orthotics needs of veterans....
NIAID Scientists Use 3D Tech to Better Understand the 1918 Influenza Virus
The flu pandemic of 1918, also known as the Spanish flu, was the first of two flu pandemics involving the H1N1 virus. It affected approximately 500 million people worldwide, reaching even remote islands and the Arctic, and resulted in the deaths of somewhere between...
