ROCK HILL, S.C., Feb. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- 3D
Systems (NYSE:DDD) is transforming customers' digital design
and manufacturing environments and putting software at the core of
its strategy. Today, the company unveiled its latest software
solution – 3DXpert® for SOLIDWORKS 15 – which
empowers SOLIDWORKS customers to easily prepare and optimize their
designs for additive manufacturing, allowing them to design complex
structures and accelerate the product design life-cycle with better
automation and seamless bi-directional data exchange from and to
SOLIDWORKS. These enhancements help provide an accelerated path to
design freedom, increased efficiency, reduced total cost of
operation, and gain competitive advantage for a range of
applications and industries.
The growth of additive manufacturing is contingent on optimizing
digital workflows and that begins with reimagining how software
supports the process and corrects the core issues that pose
significant challenges for designers. Until now, the design toolset
available has been oriented for traditional manufacturing
techniques, which has created barriers to digital manufacturing
workflow optimization. In addition, designers have faced demand for
lighter weight parts and parts that possess complex geometries. 3D
Systems' latest software solution addresses these challenges and
unlocks new possibilities, including the ability to create more
shapes in more ways.
"Software is the foundation of transformative digital
manufacturing solutions," said Radhika
Krishnan, executive vice president, software, healthcare,
& digitization, 3D Systems. "Looking at our expertise and
combining that with our end-to-end software portfolio solutions and
the specific needs of SOLIDWORKS designers, we realized that we
could help SOLIDWORKS users streamline their digital manufacturing
workflows and gain competitive advantage in several ways such as
adding design for additive manufacturing capabilities to their
toolset with 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS 15. In addition, SOLIDWORKS
users can accelerate their product design cycle and reduce the time
– from hours to minutes - required to build CAD models of
real-world objects using advanced scan-to SOLIDWORKS capabilities
that are included in our Geomagic® for SOLIDWORKS
solution. Users can also use GibbsCAM®, our
complementary CAM solution to complete their subtractive design and
manufacturing workflow."
3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS is an add-on for SOLIDWORKS, extending
SOLIDWORKS' design capabilities with a complete DfAM toolset,
equipping designers with everything they need to prepare and
optimize their designs for 3D printing.
3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS 15 further enhances the direct path from
SOLIDWORKS to additive manufacturing and enables users to:
- Shorten the design cycle with enhanced bi-directional data
transfer: Seamless bi-directional data transfer achieved
with the click of a button – reducing time and effort while
preserving data integrity.
- Optimize design structure with an enhanced lattice
development suite: Designers can now develop bespoke
structures to capitalize on intellectual property, reduce costs and
gain competitive advantage, in addition to using the rich library
of predefined lattice structures.
- Easily achieve successful prints with automated tools &
workflows: A new power-supports capability fully automates
support generation for multiple geometries with the click of a
button. In addition, enhanced build simulation capabilities provide
designers with clear and immediate feedback on their design
decisions.
General availability of the new version of 3DXpert for
SOLIDWORKS 15 is planned for March
2020. Designers and engineers can experience the benefits of
3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS through a free trial available
for download.
Geomagic for SOLIDWORKS will also be on display at the show
and is the industry's only complete integrated 3D
scan-to-SOLIDWORKS software solution. The software helps designers
reduce the time – from hours to minutes - required to build CAD
models of real-world objects by using advanced, automated wizards
to quickly and easily create sketches, surfaces, and feature-based
editable solid parts inside SOLIDWORKS – directly from 3D Scan
data.
3DEXPERIENCE World 2020 attendees can see 3D Systems' broad
manufacturing portfolio encompassing software, materials, 3D
printers, and services including: 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS, Geomagic
for SOLIDWORKS, 3DXpert, Geomagic Design XTM, GibbsCAM,
and Figure 4® Standalone in booth #117 February
9–12.
For more information about 3D Systems' presence at 3DEXPERIENCE
World 2020, please visit the company's website.
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About 3D Systems
More than 30 years ago, 3D Systems
brought the innovation of 3D printing to the manufacturing
industry. Today, as the leading AM solutions company, it empowers
manufacturers to create products and business models never before
possible through transformed workflows. This is achieved with the
Company's best-of-breed digital manufacturing ecosystem - comprised
of plastic and metal 3D printers, print materials, on-demand
manufacturing services and a portfolio of end-to-end manufacturing
software. Each solution is powered by the expertise of the
company's application engineers who collaborate with customers to
transform manufacturing environments. 3D Systems' solutions address
a variety of advanced applications for prototyping through
production in markets such as aerospace, automotive, medical,
dental and consumer goods. More information on the company is
available at www.3dsystems.com.
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