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3D Systems bundles 3DXpert with direct metal printers

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Randall Newton

The process of going from art to part with 3D printing is still cumbersome. 3D Systems today said it will ...

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Autodesk ceases Ember 3D printer production

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Randall Newton

While support continues, Autodesk has announced that future Ember development will be dependant on the 3D printing community. Autodesk recently ...

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New Wohlers Report says 3D printing industry grew by 17% in 2016

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Randall Newton

More than 90 manufacturers produced and sold industrial additive manufacturing systems in 2016. Metal 3D printing is almost 50% of ...

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Materialise and Siemens forge Additive Manufacturing partnership

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Randall Newton

Siemens is fighting for leadership recognition in Industry 4.0 with GE; 3D printing is one battle in a larger war. ...

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Designing wind musical instruments for 3D printing

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Randall Newton

Researchers from Autodesk and Dartmouth College create software to design freeform wind instruments. A team of researchers has created Printone, ...

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Autodesk rolls out first major release of Netfabb since acquisition

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Randall Newton

The 3D printing software toolkit includes new features for prepping models, print build optimization, and material optimization. Autodesk has just ...

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GE buys European 3D printing companies

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Kathleen Maher

Design and Manufactured become inextricably linked as a new round of consolidation combine manufacturing and design companies. We’ve been talking ...

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Formlabs raises $35 million in venture capital B round

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Randall Newton

Autodesk contributes to the funding and will engage in strategic collaboration with the start-up 3D printer maker. Start-up 3D printing ...

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MIT Media Lab streamlines process of 3D printing hair

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GfxS staff

Cilllia automates design of individual hairs, bypassing manual methods in existing CAD tools.   By Amina Saeed MIT Media Lab researchers ...

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Siemens PLM World 2016: Pulling big levers in CAD and manufacturing

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Kathleen Maher

A revitalized Solid Edge, new robotic research, and partnerships for 3D printing top the agenda. By Kathleen Maher The real ...