MakerBot and Autodesk are hosting a design challenge. There are three design categories that contestants can enter - Wearable that keeps someone safe while commuting Desktop notification device Office desk organizer for compact work … [Read more...]
Imagining a better space lander through generative design
As newer technologies--like additive manufacturing and generative design—converge, engineers are tackling design challenges they couldn’t address, let along build, previously. Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor NASA has spent decades exploring … [Read more...]
An integrated workflow for additive manufacturing
Authentise, a leader in data-driven workflow tools for additive manufacturing, announced it is collaborating with Autodesk to release an integration that makes seamless use of Autodesk’s Netfabb software with Authentise’s additive workflow management … [Read more...]
The digital transformation—making design and manufacturing seamless
“The electric light did not come from the continuous improvement of candles.” More companies are combining the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Generative Design and 3D printing into platforms that bring design and manufacturing closer … [Read more...]
Autodesk agrees to acquire netfabb
The chess board of the 3D printing industry just rearranged a bit with this announcement that Autodesk, Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire netfabb, a Lupburg, Germany-based developer of software for industrial additive design and … [Read more...]
3DRV and Autodesk: Helping to spread the word about 3D printing
When the 3DRV tour rolled into Toledo, Ohio, we drove over to see the latest in 3D printing technology. The RV tour is driving across the United States with a mission to explore how 3D printing and additive manufacturing are changing the way things … [Read more...]
Accelerating the Future of 3D Printing
A news release including this commentary from Carl Bass just crossed my desk. Check it out; it's an interesting development By Carl Bass, Autodesk President and Chief Executive Officer For years, I’ve been fascinated by the promise … [Read more...]
Autodesk buys Tinkercad
Here's a recent note from Kai Backman, Founder & CEO of Tinkercad. You may have heard that, briefly, Tinkercad was going to be discontinued as a CAD tool. Many in the personal 3D printer market have used Tinkercad to create their designs, as … [Read more...]
Autodesk and MakerBot bring 3D Printing and Design to the home
Autodesk and MakerBot have partnered to market 3D design software and 3D printing hardware, making 3D printing at home more accessible to everyone. Autodesk and MakerBot previously announced that the companies would jointly market a combination of … [Read more...]
MakerBot partners with Autodesk, and introduces a 3D scanner
It looks like the competition for the maker market is heating up. First, MakerBot and Autodesk have announced that they will team up to combine 3D printing software and hardware. Second, MakerBot announced its Digitizer 3D scanner. One could see this … [Read more...]
