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…as an add-in application for SolidWorks, a computer-aided design (CAD) program. ESPRIT Additive for Powder Bed Fusion is compatible with any file supported by SolidWorks. One standout feature of the new software is the patented Part-to-Build When preparing a part for manufacturing, the program automatically assigns exposure strategies based on simple inputs from the user. ESPRIT Additive for Powder Bed…
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…according to 3D Systems. At SolidWorks World in February 2018, 3D printer maker Desktop Metal introduced its generative design software, dubbed Live Parts. It was a software borne out of necessity. The hardware maker felt existing modeling tools didn’t meet the design needs of its hardware users, and was prompted to develop its own offering. “We feel it’s important that…
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…a pre- release version of SolidWorks was stolen. The culprit, Shekhar Verma, was a former employee of an outsourced contractor in India. He was eventually apprehended when he attempted to sell the code to an undercover federal agent from India. (“At Risk Offshore,” Michael Fitzgerald, Computerworld, November 2003, ComputerWorld.com.) It was long before the rise of software-as-a-service and virtual desktop…
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…and made it easier for SOLIDWORKS users to print on PolyJet because the design intent details are immediately available in GrabCAD.” At 3DEXPERIENCE World, Stratasys also announced that body appearance, surface data, and texture information could be specified in SOLIDWORKS and then sent directly into GrabCAD for printing. The J826 3D Printer features a maximum build volume size of 10-in.…
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…Design X and Geomagic for SolidWorks for reverse engineering needs and Geomagic Control X for inspection. All packages come with three years of maintenance for Geomagic software and complimentary instructor training by 3D Systems (where available). “3D Systems believes teachers and researchers should have access to leading 3D technologies in order to prepare and equip engineers and designers with the…
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…mainstream CAD programs—Autodesk Fusion and SOLIDWORKS, to name but two—include some form of generative design or topology optimization tools. This allows the software to employ AI-like algorithms to identify the best shapes for the designer’s stated purpose, whether to reduce weight or to counterbalance the anticipated stress (usually it’s a combination of both). But what’s far more subtle is the…
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…support for 3D printing of SolidWorks Assemblies, the CAMWorks ShopFloor product, intelligent probing functionality and automatic tab machining. With Version 2020, the CAMWorks Additive Manufacturing module, powered by Materialise, has extended 3D printing functionality to SolidWorks Assemblies. Multiple parts from the same assembly or different assemblies can be nested onto the build platform, which saves time and increases efficiency, and…
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…familiar CAD programs such as SolidWorks or Inventor, but runs SaaS-style, entirely from a browser without a local installation. PTC’s own products are from the desktop workstation era. As such, they are not architected to run in the cloud. Onshape, on the other hand, is written to run in the cloud from scratch. PTC’s acquisition of Onshape signals the buyer's…
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…conference passes (for postsecondary participants), Solidworks’ 3D-CAD design software and a MakerBot Mini printer (gold medal winners). More than 6,500 career and technical education students –– all SkillsUSA state contest winners –– competed in 103 different hands-on trade, technical and leadership fields during the national conference. 2019 winners of the SME/Stratasys SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing Competition: High School Teams Gold Medal:…
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…systems such as Catia, NX, SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor, STEP or JT with manufacturing information (PMI) and processes them as exact B-Rep geometry. The B-Rep geometry core of the software makes it possible to test, repair and prepare the original surfaces and solids of the exact 3D CAD Engineering Standard models. In addition to the texture module, the 4D_Additive Software Suite…
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…CAD and simulation software, including SolidWorks and Altair. With Autodesk Fusion, you can specify the preferred manufacturing method so the software can take it into consideration when it generates the topology. For more on this, read our online report on the VW Type 20 at Digital Engineering 247.com. The wheel of the new VW Type 20 concept van, designed with…
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…We have designed everything in SolidWorks, done a structural and FEA analysis, and we use the 3D printer to build it.” Kayacan says the lab primarily uses 3D printing for multi-rotor drones. “For fixed-wing drones, we have been disappointed, because you need a high degree of accuracy on the wing,” Kayacan says. “it’s difficult to do that with existing 3D…
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…in polyline format over to SolidWorks or other CAD/CAM applications. Other features in Artec Studio 14 include 3D modeling capabilities, such as Glare Removal, which uses advanced PBR (Physically Based Rendering) algorithms to produce uniform colored surfaces, as well as Bridges, a feature that lets users organically mend and repair holes and gaps in scans using existing scan geometry. “The…
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…senior product portfolio manager for SolidWorks Visualization at Dassault Systèmes. The first is the existing use case of GPUs for speed of rendering and fidelity of modeling tasks (draw, edit, zoom, pan, rotate). SolidWorks and several other CAD or image processing software products have added support for NVIDIA’s new AI-based denoising technology, which reduces the “grainy” look in images. Dassault…
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…Systèmes, the parent company of SolidWorks, launched its ecommerce platform 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace, the company said, “Our ambition is nothing shy of transforming the industrial world similar to the way companies like Amazon transformed the retail sector.” Dassault Systèmes is certainly not the first to aspire to become an Amazon-like entity for manufacturing. Although the company has a long history in…
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