Topology Optmization
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A joint team of researchers from ETH Zurich and MIT have developed material architectures which could feasibly be the stiffest material structures possible for a given weight. The innovative lattice structures could be manufactured using additive manufacturing techniques. The research team behind the strong, lightweight and incredible stiff material architectures…
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Formnext 2018 was an exciting event for the additive manufacturing industry on the whole, with companies showcasing their most cutting-edge technologies for the world to see. One company in particular leveraged the global industry event to officially launch its first major product—one that promises to disrupt how industrial components are…
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Siemens is looking for an experienced developer in the Durability development group. The main aspect of the job is to implement new methodologies inside the Simcenter 3D Durability solver which are being developed in the research team in Leuven (Belgium). The main topic will be developing Durability solutions for Additive…
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Frustum, a Boulder, Colorado-based software company, is releasing Windows OS Frustum GENERATE, its industry-leading interactive generative design solution. Previously available as a web-app or add-on, GENERATE represents a new paradigm for design, interactive generative design, which fundamentally alters how products are modeled for manufacture by allowing engineers to interact and…
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To fully reap the benefits of additive manufacturing technologies for part production, it is often necessary to go back to the drawing board to reengineer the part in question and optimize its structure for AM. Fortunately, with state-of-the-art software programs such as ParaMatters’ CogniCAD, redesigning a part for AM doesn’t…
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ParaMatters, one of the newest players in design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) software, might also be one of the most exciting. Founded by Michael Bogomolny, the two-year-old company promises to revolutionize design-to-manufacturing processes with its advanced design and topology optimization software. This past January, ParaMatters officially introduced CogniCAD, a cloud-based,…
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What cloud-based Onshape is doing for CAD tooling to enable innovation, Generate is doing for optimizing designs. For example, after creating an inspirational CAD design, that file can be imported into Generate for further evolutions, with topology optimization in the cloud. Together with Onshape, Generate enables creation of complex parts…
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Korean smart mobility firm KLIO Design participated in a mobility conference where innovative concepts were presented to increase smart mobility in South Korea. Smart mobility aims to reduce traffic jams, pollution, casualties and other negative aspects of mobility. KLIO 3D printed parts of their car to avoid the laborious step of mold…
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Netfabb 2018, which has recently stood out as Autodesk‘s comprehensive additive manufacturing solution, will soon be able to combine human ingenuity and machine learning, where the two together are greater than the sum of their parts. The first new service to come to Netfabb is Autodesk Generative Design. After a…
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Since 2005, ETH has consistently taken part in the concrete canoe regattas with great success, and this year ETH won the 1st prize for Design Innovation for the 3rd year in a row. SkelETHon, the 114 Kilogram concrete canoe, was a collaboration between DBT – who provided the computational design and…
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