- Geomagic® Control X™ 2018 inspection platform addresses
unique requirements for the aerospace and automotive industries,
providing up to 50 percent increase in efficiency over
competitors
- GibbsCAM® 12 offers a redesigned intuitive user experience
that helps CNC programmers increase productivity by up to 30
percent over previous versions
HANNOVER, Germany, Sept. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at EMO
Hannover 2017, 3D Systems (NYSE:
DDD) announced the availability of, and is demonstrating,
Geomagic® Control X™ 2018, a leading inspection
software, as well as GibbsCAM® 12, a CAM software
for production parts.
Geomagic Control X 2018
Designed and created by the people who invented 3D printing and
modern 3D scan data processing and inspection, Geomagic Control X
2018 builds upon its foundation to meet the demands of aerospace
and automotive manufacturers.
Offering the same easy-to-use tools as the previous version of
the platform, Geomagic Control X 2018's scanner-agnostic platform
also provides integrated capabilities including simplified and
automated airfoil analysis, surface-analysis tools to instantly
identify corrosion and denting, and comparative analysis tools.
Customers are now able to import legacy files from Geomagic
Control 2015, allowing for improved support for existing customers
and their projects.
Geomagic Control X 2018 provides customers with capabilities
such as:
- Up to 50% increase in efficiency path to inspection
results:
Reducing calculation time by up to 50 percent,
customers see faster analysis during their common inspection
workflows. Geomagic Control X 2018 enables users to import,
align, and compare faster than any other inspection software on the
market. In addition, model-based Geometric Dimensioning
and Tolerancing (GD&T) assignment workflows, coupled with fast
scan-pair searching, cut model setup and evaluation times by more
than 50 percent versus leading competitors.
- Greater performance in scan processing and
evaluation:
Taking advantage of an updated platform architecture, Geomagic
Control X 2018 enables customers to more efficiently create
inspection models as well as scan, evaluate, and communicate
inspection results with newly customizable and intuitive
reports.
- Automation and traceability:
Geomagic Control X 2018's automatic scan-pair searching operates in
the background during inspection. This pairing map maintains the
pair associations, allowing users to view, edit, and report -
providing maximum understanding of the connection between
measurement and reference models. In addition, process automation
reduces setup time significantly over industry competitors.
- Unique measurement UX for portable probing
devices:
The engineers behind Geomagic Control X
believe Live Inspect is the only measurement experience designed
with natural interaction efficiency and operator comfort in mind.
New features make it easier for the operator to follow
guidance and instructions to complete a preplanned inspection
job.
Current Geomagic Control X customers, under software
maintenance, will receive an in-app notification to automatically
update the platform.
For more information, visit the Geomagic Control X 2018
homepage.
GibbsCAM® 12
GibbsCAM 12, the latest version of 3D Systems' CAM software for
production manufacturing in high-end, Multi-Task Machining (MTM),
mill/turn and production manufacturing.
The new version offers an innovative user interface and
increases productivity by 30 percent over previous versions.
Post-processing capabilities continue to give users "world-class"
quality code for their CNC machines.
GibbsCAM 12's core benefits will enable users to realize:
- A unique interface designed specifically for CNC
programming:
GibbsCAM 12 is built on a specialized platform
for CNC programmers and machinists. An innovative new user
interface allows for fast, efficient programming, providing users
with tools to program their parts, their way.
- In-house development of post-processors:
Customers
have access to more than 15,000 proven, error-free post-processors
along with ongoing additions and custom post-processors created to
customer's exact specifications. This provides users with
post-processors for virtually every machine/control combination on
the market.
- Multi-Task Machining (MTM) programming
capabilities:
GibbsCAM 12's MTM option delivers cutting-edge
programming capabilities for the most complex MTM and Swiss-style
machines, including attachments such as part catchers, vises,
tailstocks, and robots. In addition, the Universal Kinematic
Machining (UKM) technology provides users with the ultimate in
flexibility and configurability to tackle machines with any number
of spindles and axes.
- A single solution for all CNC machines:
GibbsCAM 12
is a single application, with a single user interface for
programming all CNC machines. Whether the customer needs simple or
complex parts or uses simple or complex machines—GibbsCAM 12
handles it all with the same, familiar, efficient interface.
As part of this release, video training and curriculum are
available for new and experienced users enabling them to get the
most out of their software investments.
Current GibbsCAM customers, under software maintenance, will
receive an in-app notification to automatically update the
platform.
Available now. For more information, visit the GibbsCAM 12
website.
"We continue to listen to customer feedback to provide the
highest standard of excellence in additive and subtractive
manufacturing solutions," said Ilan
Erez, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Software at
3D Systems. "Today's introductions emphasize our continuing pursuit
to deliver industry leading software that makes customer's jobs
easier – enabling them to be more productive with lower total cost
of operations."
Visit 3D Systems at EMO Hannover 2017, hall 27, booth B69, where the
company will exhibit its complete precision metal manufacturing
solutions, including software, 3D printers, and materials.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this release that are not statements
of historical or current facts are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of the company to be
materially different from historical results or from any future
results or projections expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. In many cases, forward looking statements can be
identified by terms such as "believes," "belief," "expects," "may,"
"will," "estimates," "intends," "anticipates" or "plans" or the
negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.
Forward-looking statements are based upon management's beliefs,
assumptions and current expectations and may include comments as to
the company's beliefs and expectations as to future events and
trends affecting its business and are necessarily subject to
uncertainties, many of which are outside the control of the
company. The factors described under the headings "Forward-Looking
Statements" and "Risk Factors" in the company's periodic filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other
factors, could cause actual results to differ materially from those
reflected or predicted in forward-looking statements. Although
management believes that the expectations reflected in the
forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking
statements are not, and should not be relied upon as a guarantee of
future performance or results, nor will they necessarily prove to
be accurate indications of the times at which such performance or
results will be achieved. The forward-looking statements included
are made only as the date of the statement. 3D Systems undertakes
no obligation to update or review any forward-looking statements
made by management or on its behalf, whether as a result of future
developments, subsequent events or circumstances or otherwise.
About 3D Systems
3D Systems provides comprehensive 3D
products and services, including 3D printers, print materials, on
demand manufacturing services and digital design tools. Its
ecosystem supports advanced applications from the product design
shop to the factory floor to the operating room. 3D Systems'
precision healthcare capabilities include simulation, Virtual
Surgical Planning, and printing of medical and dental devices
as well as patient-specific surgical instruments. As the
originator of 3D printing and a shaper of future 3D solutions, 3D
Systems has spent its 30-year history enabling professionals and
companies to optimize their designs, transform their workflows,
bring innovative products to market and drive new business
models.
More information on the company is available
at www.3dsystems.com
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