3D software

One of Europe’s leading manufacturers of 3D printers and digital manufacturing solutions, Prodways, has announced a partnership with Oqton, a software company that specializes in AI-powered solutions for the manufacturing industry, including additive manufacturing, and welding. Oqton software will now…

Metal additive manufacturing company, SPEE3D have just announced that they will launch a free ground-breaking metal 3D printing simulator called SPEE3DCraft later this April. The idea came about last year in the midst of the pandemic, during which the company…

Markforged announced last week that its AI-powered Blacksmith software will be immediately available for Markforged X7 printers. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a term that has been increasingly thrown around when we talk about additive manufacturing. And really that is not…

Carbon has announced that its innovative 3D printing technology, the Carbon Design Engine software, is now available to all of its subscribers. This design generator allows users to automate the process of creating performance-orienting 3D printed lattices, saving time and…

The 3D printing process begins with STL files. As such, this is where users must initially focus their attention. Currently, these present a few limitations that prevent designers from transferring their ideas to the digital realm. Many people choose to…

Service providers play an important role in the additive manufacturing market. EY’s 2019 study on the state of 3D printing (3D printing: hype or game changer?) reported that there had been a significant increase in the percentage of companies using…

Based in the U.S. and Belgium, Oqton is a software company specializing in AI-powered solutions for the manufacturing industry, including additive manufacturing, and welding. The company just announced that it has raised over $40M in a Series A funding round…

A slicer, or slicing software, serves as an intermediary between your 3D model and the 3D printer. More precisely, the slicer cuts a 3D model into a succession of layers that will be 3D printed by the machine. The instructions…

Additive manufacturing, in contrast to traditional machining techniques, makes it possible to produce parts with complex geometries whose total weight can be optimized using a numerical method called topology optimization. This method also maximizes the mechanical strength of the part…

Developed in 2014 by a Slovak company, Vectary is a 3D modeling software perfectly adapted to 3D printing and Augmented Reality applications. It was designed to meet the needs of 3D printing enthusiasts and designers, allowing the creation of complex…

In 2017, MakerOS, based between New York City and Detroit, launched its version 1.0 collaboration platform for digital fabrication companies. At the time, Mike Moceri, the startup’s founder, had realized from first-hand experience that dealing with multiple clients while managing…

Autodesk offers multiple modeling software solutions, the most well-known being AutoCAD. It is the design software of choice for architects, engineers and construction professionals. Even though you can create 3D models with solids, surfaces and mesh objects on AutoCAD, it is…