3D Systems, Stratasys, Materialize, and Siemens PLM sign on to support Microsoft-back consortium The 3MF announced new members to kick off July and with that announcement the group sealed their position as the likely ones to establish an advanced format for 3D printing. The companies in the booming 3D printing industry have not so much been holding out for proprietary, or … [Read more...] about The 3MF format pulls ahead with important new members
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Autodesk Spark and Ember poised to enter 3D printing wars
Autodesk wants to do for 3D printing what Google did for mobile devices: give away an operating system to encourage hardware vendors. When Autodesk looks at the state of 3D printing, it sees a convoluted hash of incompatible file formats, incomplete representations, and confusing processes. But worst of all, it sees a failure rate of anywhere between 25% and 75% for 3D … [Read more...] about Autodesk Spark and Ember poised to enter 3D printing wars
Autodesk reveals impatience with 3D printing innovation rate
Introducing a new software platform and a reference design for a 3D printer, Autodesk wants to shake things up in 3D printing the way Google shook up the smartphone market. Today Autodesk jumped with both feet into the 3D printing industry, with a software platform meant to simplify connecting CAD to printers, and a reference design for a 3D printer it will build and also … [Read more...] about Autodesk reveals impatience with 3D printing innovation rate
Geomagic refreshes digital reality product line
On the cusp of becoming part of 3D Systems, the 2013 product updates extends functionality deeper into scan/probe, shape editing, and data interoperability. This week Geomagic releases its 2013 product line refresh, the last time it will do so before becoming part of the growing 3D Systems empire later this quarter. All its major products are now available in a 2013 … [Read more...] about Geomagic refreshes digital reality product line
Geomagic Spark unites 3D scan data with MCAD geometry
The product combines Geomagic point cloud and mesh editing expertise with SpaceClaim’s direct modeling technology. New technologies had to be created to make the product possible. Last week at Euromold Geomagic announced a new product that combines 3D point cloud data, mesh editing, and MCAD solid modeling in one product. Geomagic Spark is the result of a close collaboration … [Read more...] about Geomagic Spark unites 3D scan data with MCAD geometry