Rapid Ready Roundup: NAMII, Geomagic Design, a Word of Caution and GlaDOS
In the course of my diligent efforts to keep you good people up to date on the state of additive manufacturing (AM), I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up every so often and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.
We’ll start today’s Roundup with a NAMII update. Hot on the heels on a recent announcement that seven AM projects have received $4.5 million in funding from NAMII, comes news of further funding from the research and development center. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a member of NAMII, has been granted new funding to develop two different AM-related projects. Continue reading
Rapid Ready Roundup: RAPID 2013, 3D Printing Down Under, MAKRZ app, and Pez Dispensers
In the course of my diligent efforts to keep you good people up to date on the state of additive manufacturing (AM), I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up every so often and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.
Let’s start today’s Roundup with some RAPID talk. SME has issued a call for AM-created artwork to be displayed in the Contemporary Art Gallery during RAPID 2013. The submission deadline is March 4. Continue reading
3D Systems To Acquire Geomagic
3D Systems, which has been on a company buying spree for years, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Geomagic, Inc., a provider of 3D authoring solutions including design, sculpt and scan software tools that are used to create 3D content and inspect products throughout the entire design and manufacturing process.
The company also recently acquired Rapidform, a provider of 3D scan-to-CAD and inspection software tools, which it described as securing the cornerstone of its fifth growth initiative: to create a seamless, digital scan, design and print platform for the benefit of its customers. The Geomagic acquisition would further that goal. Continue reading
Rapid Ready Roundup: Arcam, Standards, Face Jugs and CES
In the course of my diligent efforts to keep you good people up to date on the state of additive manufacturing (AM), I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up every so often and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.
Let’s start today’s Roundup with a quick look at the aerospace industry and AM. Arcam has reported a deal with Italian aerospace component manufacturer Avio for the delivery of six new electron beam melting systems. The deal, worth more than $46 million, will result in a new facility focused on creating titanium aluminide parts using AM. Continue reading
Geomagic Debuts Spark, Freeform 2013
Euromold 2012 has unleashed a veritable flood of information and new releases. In the past few days Rapid Ready has looked at new 3D printers, such as the Iris and the Objet1000. Today I’ll be shifting focus from additive manufacturing systems to the data that feeds them.
Geomagic has announced the forthcoming release of its 3D modeling software: Freeform 2013. The newest version of Freeform continues to leverage the company’s Phantom haptic feedback technology, which allows users to virtually sculpt new designs. Freeform 2013 adds subdivisional modeling, which is intended to add greater surface detail by, “applying a refinement scheme to polygon mesh surfaces.” Continue reading
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