Additive Manufacturing Software: 2022 Roundup of Digital Solution Options

Additive manufacturing software today does much more than support design and file prep for the process. Supporting workflows, quality management processes, and build simulations, the growth in the last five years has supported the acceleration of applications and enabling more production at scale. 2022 saw more integrations with other systems, features and cloud-based approaches.

PrintParts Launches SmartParts Software Integration Partner Program: PrintParts, an additive manufacturing technology company, launched its SmartParts Integration Partner Program. The new partnership program will focus on the development of integrations between the SmartParts cloud-based platform and existing advanced manufacturing workflow software solutions. READ MORE

Dentsply Sirona Announces Latest Steps to Drive  Digital Dentistry: Dentsply Sirona introduced a series of innovations designed to significantly enhance digital workflows with benefits for dentists, dental labs and patients globally. READ MORE

AON3D Doubles High Temperature 3D Printer Output with Duplication Mode: AON3D announced their AON M2+ High Temperature Industrial 3D Printer will receive an optional firmware upgrade to enable Duplication Mode and Mirror Mode 3D printing. READ MORE

Ultimaker Release Ultimaker Cura 5.0: Ultimaker has launched the beta for Ultimaker Cura 5.0, the latest version of its free, open source, slicing software. READ MORE

Materialise Announces CO-AM Software Platform to Advance Serial AM Production: Materialise introduced CO-AM, an open software platform to manage the additive manufacturing production process. CO-AM provides cloud-based access to a full range of software tools. READ MORE

Materialise Introduces Magics 26 with New CAD and Mesh Capabilities for 3D Printing: Materialise introduced Magics 26, the latest version of its data and build preparation software. Magics 26 combines support for native CAD workflows with its existing mesh capabilities. READ MORE

3DQue Launches QuinlyVision for 3D Printing:  3DQue Systems announced its QuinlyVision failure detection system for 3D printers is ready for live testing on 3DQue’s Discord. QuinlyVision includes AutoCorrect^3D™, to detect, automatically respond, and suggest solutions to 14 common print failures. READ MORE

Smart Manufacturing Innovation Unlocked with Nexus from Hexagon: Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announced an open platform for smart manufacturing, Nexus, which will enable real time data sharing between different design, simulation and production applications. READ MORE

Strengthened 3D Printing Workflow to Boost Productivity with New MakerBot CloudPrint™ 2.0: MakerBot announced an upgrade to its print preparation and management solution, MakerBot CloudPrint™ including an enhanced interface for 3D printing workflow and several features that enable users to go from CAD file to 3D-printed part faster.. READ MORE

Digital Dentistry Simplified with DentalCAD 3.1 Rijeka Software:  exocad, an Align Technology company announced the release of DentalCAD 3.1 Rijeka with more than 45 new and over 85 enhanced features. READ MORE

Stair-Step Elimination Innovation in 3D Printing: Scientists at Fraunhofer IGD devised a purely geometric and algorithmic method for the elimination of stair-step artifacts in multi-material 3D printing. READ MORE

iSEEK3D for 3D-Printable File Shape Search Online: iSEEK ’s 3DShapeIndex.com offers a downloadable application that processes CAD files locally to perform secure shape searches online. READ MORE

3D Infotech releases new versions of its Automation and Augmented Reality (AR) software.: 3D Infotech announced the new releases of its Streamline© and Spotlight AR++© software. Streamline© version  READ MORE

B9Creations Launches Dark-Site-Capable Material Development Software: B9Creations launched an upgraded version of its B9Captivate material development software with Dark Site capabilities. READ MORE

Rady Children’s Develops Industry-First 3D Model DICOM Conversion Software: Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego announced the availability of Media2DICOM, its Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standardization software. Created in-house at the Hospital’s Helen and Will Webster Foundation 3D Innovations (3DI) Lab, the software is freely available. READ MORE

3DPrinterOS is Bringing Full Cloud Support to Formlabs 3D Printers: 3DPrinterOS‘ cloud solution is available with the new Formlabs integration for print farms of any size. READ MORE

Quality Assurance: Sigma Additive Solutions Launches  Software Module for Standardizing Machine Health Data Logs:  Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc.  released a beta version of the PrintRite3D® Machine Health module. READ MORE

Laser Powder Bed Fusion: Dyndrite To Enter End-User Software Market with Next Generation Materials and Process Development Software: Dyndrite™ released the company’s first end-user application focused on materials and process development for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) machines. READ MORE

Automation and Interoperability: Spatial Releases 2023 1.0:  Spatial Corp announced the production release of 2023 1.0 including ACIS Polyhedra, the ability to read and write a range of file formats and their associated product-manufacturing information, the ability to create supports for parts in additive manufacturing workflows, support for the Mac ARM platform, and other improvements READ MORE

Printing Resin on 3D Objects: Chromatic Launches ChromaScan Software: Chromatic 3D Materials  launched ChromaScan, an additive manufacturing software for printing resin on non-planar surfaces. READ MORE

Simulation Software: Markforged Takes the Guesswork out of 3D Printing for Industrial Applications: Markforged released new simulation features for its additive manufacturing software. Simulation is available as a free trial until April 2023. READ MORE

Authentise announces Flows & FlowsAM: Authentise released its rebranded workflow management suite for both additive and non-additive applications. Formerly known as the advanced Manufacturing Execution System (“aMES”), Flows^AM  centers around additive manufacturing, and Flows for those that are not.  READ MORE