PreForm - Orienting Supports for Resin Prints In this week's 2 Minute Tuesday, we will take a look at the best way to orient and support your resin prints for the Formlabs 3 and 3L SLA printers.
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Reprint from 3D Printing Industry 3D-printed climbing shoes, launching soon, are a “world-first” according to ATHOS, a Spanish sportswear start-up. The forthcoming range will be created with HP, a global technology company and makers of Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing systems, plus Sculpteo, an online 3D printing bureau. ATHOS 3D printed climbing shoes. Image via ATHOS “Changing the sports footwear industry” with 3D printing “3D printing technology is changing the sports footwear industry,” [...]
Solidworks & Control X — Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) In this week's 2 Minute Tuesday, we will examine how a Product Manufacturing Information (or PMI) model, generated in Solidworks, may be used to automate the inspection process in Control X. PMI is a fairly new tool that enables manufacturing information to remain with CAD models through downstream applications.
Join us for a day of metal 3D printing & learn why it has become additive manufacturing’s hottest growth engine. In less than a decade, Desktop Metal has helped to invigorate the additive manufacturing industry. Founded in 2015, they have endeavored to make metal 3D printing accessible to all engineers, designers, and manufacturing professionals. They've also invested in Metal Binder Jetting (MBJ) and Bound Metal Deposition (BMD) to power their Studio System™ and Shop System™ [...]
Holiday 3D Ornament and Part Contest In this week's 2 Minute Tuesday, we are taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming to bring a special opportunity to all of you! This holiday season marks our fourth annual 3D-printed ornament challenge! In the past, we have had great success with unique and creative holiday ornaments, so once again, we will be hosting a fun competition to get your creative juices flowing. Get the details [...]
Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) is a topic that continues to grow legs throughout our Control X user community. It allows for the seamless transfer of manufacturing data to other systems for downstream applications. For example, the connecting arm below was created in Solidworks, one of the many CAD systems that support PMI. Notice that datums, dimensions with tolerances, as well as GD&T callouts are placed onto the 3D model in Solidworks. These PMI tools are [...]
XYZprinting 3D Printing for a MfgPro236 xS Webinar Replayed from a live webinar on Open-Platform & Fast Cycle Sintering SLS 3D printing! Join XYZ Printing & Cimquest for an on-demand webinar featuring XYZ 3D Printing's MfgPro236 xS 3D printer. XYZ Printing leverages high-performance smaller-build volume SLS machines that print high-quality parts while producing less waste – all within an affordable, open-platform system. https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/ihsj1ik329?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640
