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February 2024
Innovation in Metal 3D Printing: A Look into Our Thriving Partnership with Xact Metal
While the growth of larger players in the metal 3D printing industry has plateaued during the last year, Cimquest’s metal 3DP business has grown 69% year over year. Some of the reasons for that growth are largely due to the popularity of Xact Metal’s printers and the relationship they cultivate with their customers and resellers.
Xact Metal offers a unique value proposition; a high […]
Utilizing Construction Features for Theoretical Intersections in Control X
Inspection drawings will often have dimensions created to a theoretical intersection. What this means is that the dimension references one or more points in space that aren’t physically on the model. What do you do in situations like this? Let’s explore this in the example below.
Using the screenshot below, let’s assume that we need to dimension to locations in space where these lines would theoretically intersect if extended.
Mastercam Creates Nike of Samothrace Statue
The Winged Victory or Nike of Samothrace is a statue prominently featured in The Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Mastercam recently teamed up with YASDA Precision, Mitsubishi Materials, and Methods Machine Tools to create an 11-inch replication of the famed 18-foot statue.
Within Mastercam, the statue is a mesh file with over five million facets and was 10 gigabytes in size. Mastercam took the part from a raw […]
What’s the Value of a Multi-purpose Tool Like Metal Binder Jet 3D Printing?
Just like there’s no one tool to fit every job, 3D printing isn’t a panacea that’s right for every job either. And while the benefits of binder jet 3D printing can often be measured – customers routinely reduce the weight of their parts by 30 – 40% using our technology – much of the return on investment (ROI) of binder jetting lies in the complex intangibles and specific […]
January 2024
Exploring the Mastercam Add-Ons? Part Two
In part one of this blog series, we discussed what Mastercam Add-Ons are (specialized aftermarket software kits that work within the Mastercam interface) and covered four of the most commonly used Add-Ons: Multiaxis, Productivity+, Port Expert, and Mastercam Art. This second blog in the series will cover five more popular […]
3D Printing Helps Preserve A Saber-Toothed Salmon
Reprint from OPB
A saber-toothed salmon, as depicted by artist Ray Troll. The mural is part of the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. – University of Oregon
For years, museum conservators and paleontologists have yearned for a way to duplicate fragile fossils without damaging them. Now scientists with the University of Oregon say they have […]