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The 3MF format pulls ahead with important new members

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Kathleen Maher

The 3MF consortium has reached an important milestone with the participation of key members including 3D Systems, Stratasys, Siemens PLM, SLM Solutions, and Materialise. Meanwhile, Microsoft has figured out a new way to do standards with the Joint Development Foundation.

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Autodesk Spark and Ember poised to enter 3D printing wars

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Randall Newton

Autodesk wants to do for 3D printing what Google did for mobile devices: give away an operating system to encourage ...

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Autodesk reveals impatience with 3D printing innovation rate

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Randall Newton

Introducing a new software platform and a reference design for a 3D printer, Autodesk wants to shake things up in ...

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Geomagic refreshes digital reality product line

BY
Randall Newton

On the cusp of becoming part of 3D Systems, the 2013 product updates extends functionality deeper into scan/probe, shape editing, ...

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Geomagic Spark unites 3D scan data with MCAD geometry

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Randall Newton

The product combines Geomagic point cloud and mesh editing expertise with SpaceClaim’s direct modeling technology. New technologies had to be ...