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July 2018

What’s New in Live Parts v.1.3

By Cimquest Marketing|2018-07-20T08:14:05-04:00July 20th, 2018|3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Desktop Metal|

Desktop Metal has created a nice video that will walk you through the new B-rep geometry import/export functionality in Live Parts™ v1.3. This new version was released in June and this video below will give you a great preview of the technology.

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Rize Helps FRC Team Soar to New Heights

By Cimquest Marketing|2018-07-18T08:53:06-04:00July 18th, 2018|3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Rize|

Rze Pulley Maximizes Efficiency and Performance

FRC Team 1257 had a new competition, or “game,” to play in this year called FIRST Power Up, which entailed building robots that placed boxes on scales in competitive events vs. other FRC teams.

The team designed and a printed functional pulley with an integrated sprocket. The pulley/sprocket part was printed in one piece on a Rize™ One 3D printer to reduce the […]

Mastercam 2019 Install Tips

By Cimquest Marketing|2018-08-07T11:20:50-04:00July 16th, 2018|Mastercam, Tech Tips|

Today we are going to cover how to install Mastercam 2019 and Mastercam for Solidworks 2019. We will be using the full install zip file found on Mastercam downloads page. The installation is something that can be very simple.

First, log in to Mastercam.com and download the install media.

After you extract the media, right-click on the setup.exe file and select Run as Administrator and soon […]

Netfabb HP Workflow

By Cimquest Marketing|2018-07-13T08:29:55-04:00July 13th, 2018|3D Printing / Additive Mfg, HP Multi Jet Fusion Technology, Netfabb|

We are very excited to announce that Cimquest is now a reseller for Autodesk Netfabb. Netfabb is Additive Manufacturing software that connects directly to many AM systems to remove the middle step of preparing your build in another program. Today we are going to cover how to use Autodesk Netfabb Premium to repair, prepare, and send your build to the HP JF 4200.

Custom 3D Printed Orthosis Helps Child Walk

By Cimquest Marketing|2018-07-11T08:25:42-04:00July 11th, 2018|3D Printing / Additive Mfg, FormLabs|

Father Helps Son With Cerebral Palsy Walk With Custom 3D Printed Orthosis

Seven years ago, Matej’s and Mateja’s son Nik was born one month prematurely. Due to difficulties during childbirth, he suffered severe brain damage that led to cerebral palsy. Despite the grim initial outlook, Nik was tremendously motivated to be mobile, but the symptoms of his condition prevented him from standing or walking on […]

Mastercam 2019 New Solid Hole Function

By Cimquest Marketing|2018-08-07T11:21:15-04:00July 9th, 2018|Mastercam, Tech Tips|

A new function called Hole is now available on the Solids tab in Mastercam 2019. This function automates the punching of cylindrical holes in primitive solids, saving you from creating circles and extruding them.

Set the hole dimensions and the hole type. You can create a simple cylinder or select from the following hole types:

Counterbore
Countersink
Counterdrill
Taper

Click in the […]