CAD Conversion Software Certified for HP 3D Printers
Summary
The 3D printing software 4D_Additive from CoreTechnologie has been approved by the printer manufacturer... Point Designs, BuildParts by CIDEAS, and Eaton take top spots in the annual competition. The most recent version of CoreTechnologie’s 3D printing software, 4D_Additive 1.5, has achieved the certification for integration with the latest generation of HP 52xx 3D printers. The 4D_Additive tool seamlessly imports CAD models of all common formats, automatically places them in the build space and directly sends them to the HP print server. The HP machines in the 52xx series, which are designed for production, can be reliably filled with the software in a highly automated and fast process, as the nesting is carried out with an integrated collision control, the company says. The software, which can be used for all common 3D printing processes, has a revised module to create grid structures used for the design of lightweight components, for example.