Topology Optmization
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Following the launch of its nTop Platform in July 2019, New York-based computational modeling software developer nTopology has gained significant momentum in the advanced manufacturing industry. Most recently, the company raised $20 million in funding, which will enable it to scale its business and offering. In the midst of the…
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Betatype a UK company that specializes in optimizing designs for additive manufacturing presented a new application case where it highlights how a part can be AM-optimized beyond part performance (which is what the DfAM concept generally refers to) but also for the AM process itself. In this project, Betatype works with nTopology,…
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Founded by Bradley Rothenberg just four years ago in New York, nTopology has rapidly become one of the most appreciated generative software tools. In order to expand capabilities beyond lattice design, to address the entire engineering workflow, the company is now introducing the nTop Platform, which enables users to create lighter,…
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Generative design software developer ParaMatters Inc. announced the release of CogniCAD 2.1, an updated version of its software platform capable of automatically generating ready-to-print, high-performance and lightweighted structures for the aerospace and automotive industries, among others. ParaMatters first officially launched its CogniCAD platform last year at Formnext 2018 where the…
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Swedish tooling system specialist Sandvik Coromant has introduced a new metal cutting tool produced using additive manufacturing, the Lightweight CoroMill 390. The new product benefits from a lighter weight than the traditional CoroMill 390, which minimizes vibrations and improves security when machining with long overhangs. The Lightweight CoroMill 390 also unlocks…
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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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