“This collaboration with PTC will expand access to 3D printing and help engineers and designers think in terms of additive, rather than traditional manufacturing for rapid product design and development. Red represent the 4 boundary curves, green are internal curves should they be needed and the white shows the curve to trim after the 4 sided surface is built. In the picture immediately below a concept for a curve network to create your geometry is shown. “Our collaboration with PTC will bring improved 3D printing capabilities to PTC’s CAD software and makes it easier for manufacturers to integrate 3D printing into their operations,” commented Stefaan Motte, Vice President and General Manager, Materialise Software. If you are not familiar with this refer to the Creo quick reference card for selection tips. Metal 3D printing will be supported by the Creo software, and it will also include Materialise’s support generation technology, which is said to provide designers with more control over their 3D models, and reduce time and effort. Powered by Materialise’ Build Processor, the Belgian outfit believes manufacturers will now be able to seamlessly integrate PTC’s software with 3D printing systems equipped with Build Processor. PTC has formed an alliance with Materialise to take advantage of the company’s experience in additive manufacturing, and enable manufactures to more easily integrate 3D printing into their production processes using Creo software.

Materialise has announced a partnership with PTC to enhance the 3D printing capabilities of the company’s Creo suite of CAD software.Ĭreo is a family of software products developed by PTC for design and engineering professionals.

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