增材制造软件开发人员实现has announced its new CO-AM open software platform, a comprehensive 3D printing process management tool for industrial users.
Co-AM针对大批量制造商，是一项基于云的程序，可允许访问各种软件工具（包括第三方工具），以计划，管理和优化3D打印工作流程。
The platform sports an open architecture that allows users in sectors such as aerospace, automotive, medical, and energy to collate the software tools they use most on a day-to-day basis. It also provides easy access to a facility’s production data so users can monitor and improve their workflows continuously.
According to Materialise, CO-AM is an ‘important milestone’ towards the company’s goal of offering its entire software portfolio in a cloud-based fashion.
Bart Van der Schueren, CTO of Materialise, said, “CO‑AM offers new opportunities for AM users to innovate at unprecedented levels with their preferred software solutions. This open platform will allow the AM community to co-develop solutions that create competitive advantages for individual companies and empower entire industries. At the same time, this business model generates new revenue streams for hardware and software partners.”
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While low-volume functional prototyping is still the primary application of 3D printing, enterprises are increasingly going down the route of series manufacturing. Unfortunately, production at scale still calls for an abundance of manual control, and isolated data streams make it difficult to achieve the consistent quality that’s required for the mass production of identical parts.
实现’s CO-AM is designed to address these issues, connecting various software tools and packaging them under one open, cloud-based platform. The backbone of CO-AM is a data lake that communicates with all of the integrated production tools and tracks the status of the shop floor.
通过允许用户监视和分析制造数据，Co-AM使机器运营商可以在可以一遍又一遍地重复使用的知识数据库中开发和存储自己的工作流程。它还配备了AI功能，可以不断改善工作流以获得更好的收益和零件质量。
CO-AM’s open ecosystem
So what technologies and tools will be compatible with CO-AM’s open architecture? As it stands, Materialise aims to offer more than 25 software applications on CO-AM. This includes an integrated version of the firm’s ownMagics print preparation software，请注意商店地板上的数据收集，并建造处理器，以使150多个不同3D打印机的连接能够连接。
第三方软件开发人员还将能够将其程序连接到平台。Mitalize已经宣布了两个这样的软件合作伙伴：AM-Flow, which specializes in end-to-end workflow automation, and蓖麻, a 3D file screening system capable of analyzing parts for 3D printability.
“The next step for change in the AM Industry is automation,” says Stefan Rink, CEO of AM-Flow. “There are many digital dots to connect to create a full automation value chain. Teaming up with other solution providers of this chain is a prerequisite for the growth and scalability of Additive Manufacturing production. AM-Flow is very excited to be one of the first partners of the Materialise CO‑AM platform.”
向前迈进，Materizize邀请3D打印软件公司将其程序与Co-AM集成为选定的飞行员项目。软件合作伙伴将获得软件开发套件（SDK），应用程序编程接口（API）以及快速简便软件开发和集成的登台环境。该公司将在接下来的几个月内更广泛地访问Co-AM。
Omer Blaier, CEO of CASTOR, concludes, “CASTOR is joining forces with Materialise to capture and deliver the full potential of AM to manufacturers. By integrating our solutions on a unified CO‑AM platform, we can offer a unique combination of engineering intelligence and automation, identify suitable candidates for additive manufacturing amongst thousands of parts and go all the way to the final product within one solution, seamlessly.”
The additive manufacturing software sphere
The world of 3D printing software is as rich and diverse as that of hardware. Just last month, 3D printer manufacturerUltimakerlaunched a beta version of its new开源切片软件，库拉5.0. According to Ultimaker, the latest Cura features an enhanced engine that allows users to deploy a variable line width during slicing, and reach a new threshold for finer and faster 3D prints.
在其他地方，法国软件启动Spare Parts 3D（SP3D）最近与University for Research in Automated Production(LURPA) of the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclaythe and the French Defense Innovation Agency (DIA). The partners will work on project ‘RAPID’, which will see SP3D’s proprietary DigiPart platform used to create software capable ofautomatically transforming 2D drawings into 3D printable models.
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