3D Software
by Sarah Saunders | May 26, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
There’s a lot going on in the 3D printing world this week! In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll cover everything from 3D printed clothing to 3D printing materials and 3D printers themselves. The ShareCloth team is announcing its new software... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 24, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews
It’s been a busy few months for Belgium-based Materialise — and for those of us working to follow their progress. The company hosted the biennial Materialise World Summit in Brussels last month, not far from its Leuven HQ, bringing together a true meeting... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 23, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews
This month at RAPID + TCT, Belgium-based GeonX introduced its latest software offering with Virfac iAM, as the company enhances its Virtual Factory (Virfac) offerings in the additive arena. GeonX, founded in 2012, has been expanding expertise and operations over the... 
by Clare Scott | May 23, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business
It’s only been two months since the release of MakerOS 1.0, launched by Detroit startup MakerOS. Already, the company has added additional features to its cloud-based business management tool – namely, a new feature called Public Autoquoter. It’s a... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 23, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Robotics
Whenever we hear about a new project from researchers and students at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, we know it’s going to be something unique and interesting, like a self-sustaining quarry project in Rio de Janeiro that uses quarry dust as a 3D... 
by Clare Scott | May 22, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business
Connectivity is becoming more and more important for businesses that have adopted 3D printing – connectivity between multiple 3D printers in the same office, between printers in multiple office locations, between printers and computers, etc. As companies begin... 
by Clare Scott | May 22, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business
The FIT Group has been in the news a lot lately, what with the recent opening of their new additive manufacturing facility and headquarters in Germany, a United States expansion, and a partnership with Caterpillar. Now FIT is establishing a new subsidiary in Romania,... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Education, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
Not all of the excitement this month in Pittsburgh was housed at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, as the Steel City welcomed members of the global additive manufacturing community for a very busy week. On the penultimate night of RAPID + TCT, I found myself in... 
by Saadia Khalid | May 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Education
Set goals this summer and become a 3D print design expert with our two online courses. The first two-week intensive, Beginner Design for 3D Printing, starts June 20, and you’ll learn design principles, 3D modeling tools and programs, and how to prep your models for... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 19, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Metal 3D Printing
Happy Friday! In this week’s second edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, Metalysis joins an international alloy technology partnership and CRP USA is exhibiting its WINDFORM 3D printing materials at SOMSA for the first time. DeskArtes, Thor3D, and EOS are all... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 19, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
As 3D printing makes its way into patient care, teams of medical professionals must become familiar and comfortable with the technology that can help to save their patients’ lives through personalized care. 3D printed anatomical models, virtual surgical... 
by Clare Scott | May 19, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business
In 2013, Autonomous Manufacturing Ltd launched RP Platform, a software platform that automates every stage of the additive manufacturing process, from customer request to production to delivery. The London-based company has worked closely with leading organizations in... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 18, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing
If all the other kids were jumping off a bridge, would you? If all the rest of the internet was talking about Desktop Metal, would you? The bridge thing, hopefully not, but let’s talk about Desktop Metal. We heard about the company in 2015 when out of nowhere... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 17, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
This week in Chicago, Dassault Systèmes is hosting Science in the Age of Experience as the company’s 3DEXPERIENCE platform continues with its forward momentum. Dassault, which recently opened its latest 3DEXPERIENCE Center in Wichita, Kansas, is positioning... 
by Clare Scott | May 16, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Sponsored
There are a lot of 3D printing marketplaces, platforms and model repositories online. A lot. That’s great if you’re looking for a particular model to 3D print; it’s pretty likely that you’ll find what you’re looking for eventually. It can... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 14, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing
EOS may have stood out this week at RAPID + TCT due to its volume of announcements during an announcement-heavy show: it didn’t have anything new to highlight. The company is instead, Glynn Fletcher, President, EOS of North America, told me, bearing close... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 12, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
“Like fine wine, this event continues to improve year after year,” Terry Wohlers said in his keynote at RAPID + TCT. Applause, and appreciative laughter, followed Wohlers’ statement yesterday as the gathered crowd pondered his words. No one would... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 12, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Aerospace 3D Printing
While research is ongoing to determine just how unhealthy 3D printing fumes are, there are also a lot of ways that the technology is actually environmentally friendly, from recycled filaments and new ways of manufacturing solar panels, to helping save endangered... 
by Clare Scott | May 12, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Software, Education
Dassault Systèmes makes a frequent appearance in 3D printing headlines. As the company behind SOLIDWORKS and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, Dassault has a presence in just about every industry relating at all to 3D technology. We had the privilege of visiting the... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 12, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business
Over the years, we’ve seen Kickstarter campaigns for many 3D printers: some of them have been extremely successful, like Stacker’s S2 industrial 3D printer and the Snapmaker. Others, like the NIX… from NiXTEK, have made it to the finish line but only... 
by Michael A. Parker | May 11, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software
While metal 3D printing was all the rage at RAPID + TCT this week, there were some FDM printers on the exhibit floor that showed that plastic extrusion is still a viable alternative to more expensive powder and resin-based rapid prototyping systems. I visited with... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 11, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business
British 3D content generation and software development startup Whispering Gibbon, which specializes in freezing and 3D printing video game action with its innovative RenderFab technology, has just received a six-figure investment from not-for-profit company Creative... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 10, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Robotics
We’ve seen 3D printed models of yachts, 3D printed yacht parts, and even a decorative jaguar that was 3D printed to grace the bowsprit of a superyacht, but an entirely 3D printed yacht is another story. Italian startup Livrea Yachts, founded by two Sicilian boat... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 9, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Metal 3D Printing
I’m calling today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs the RAPID + TCT version, as all of the companies we’re covering today are attending the event in Pittsburgh. XJet will be displaying its metal and ceramic inkjet 3D printing expertise, while... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 9, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Metal 3D Printing
The long-anticipated RAPID + TCT event has kicked off for 2017 in the Steel City, as Pittsburgh welcomes thousands of members of the 3D printing industry in North America’s largest additive manufacturing-focused tradeshow. Monday was already filled with some big... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 8, 2017 | 3D Software, Medical 3D Printing, Robotics, Science & Technology
Typically, I think of surgical procedures and getting my car fixed as two very different things, and they absolutely are, though both require precision and specific tools. But thanks to some groundbreaking research by a team at the University of Utah Health (U of U... 
