HP Innovation Journal Issue 11: Winter 2018 | Page 29

DESIGNING
FOR DESIGNERS
3D printing technology is helping lead the transformation of
the $12 trillion global manufacturing industry. Businesses are
increasingly embracing disruptive new digital technologies
like 3D printing to innovate, create, and compete in an
increasingly fast-moving and hyperconnected world.
A transformation that changes how the world thinks about
producing goods will naturally reframe the way we think
about design—with the freedom to prototype and produce in
time frames, materials, speed, and scale that were previously
unimaginable. Along with obvious design leaps, the subtler,
incremental redesign of small components at massive scale
will drive equally dramatic change.
One thing is certain: the ecosystem of HP partners will
accelerate the impact of 3D on manufacturing, bringing to
bear resources, energy, and expertise with the multiplier
effect that an open platform makes possible.
Our partnerships with design and manufacturing leaders like
Siemens and Dassault Systèmes, makers of SOLIDWORKS
3D design and engineering, show early promise in this regard,
with some recent announcements.
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES
Earlier this year, Dassault Systèmes announced their
collaboration with HP to empower a new era of product
design innovation by entrepreneurs, makers, students,
and businesses. “Some of the world’s greatest innovations
spawn from the ideas of students, researchers, educators,
and entrepreneurs,” said Gian Paolo Bassi, CEO,
SOLIDWORKS, Dassault Systèmes. The two companies will
collaboratively research new tools around materials science
and the development of new materials. The intent will be
to optimize SOLIDWORKS 3D design and engineering
applications to take advantage of the unique voxel-level
capabilities of HP’s Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing solutions.
Powered by Dassault Systèmes’ 3D EXPERIENCE platform,
SOLIDWORKS applications support the complete design-
through-manufacturing process. Designers and engineers
can completely reimagine products, leverage new materials,
escape the limitations of traditional manufacturing, and
produce new products more quickly and efficiently. Millions
of designers and engineers use SOLIDWORKS applications to
quickly bring innovative ideas for new consumer experiences
to market.
HP and Dassault Systèmes will align future technology
roadmaps to ensure that users have access to the latest design
tools integrated with HP’s voxel-level technology, as well as
design tools for new materials.
SIEMENS
Over the summer, HP and digital innovation software leader
Siemens announced new tools for creating industrial 3D
printed parts with full color. For example, personalized
surgical instruments can be produced by 3D printing with
unique IDs, both human and machine readable, using
Siemens’ NX™ software and Solid Edge® software. HP’s Jet
Fusion 3D 300/500 series is the industry’s first 3D printing
solution for the production of engineering-grade, functional
parts in full color, black or white—with voxel-level control—
in a fraction of the time of other solutions.
The Jet Fusion 3D 300/500 series also supports the leading
color file formats including 3MF, enabling designers to easily
produce the color parts they want with a reliable workflow.
NX and Solid Edge for HP’s Multi Jet Fusion technology will
provide access to 3MF files ready for HP’s entire portfolio
of printers including the industrial-grade HP Jet Fusion
4200/4210 and 300/500 solutions.
Customers will have the ability to quickly and economically
prototype and produce new designs and end-part
applications with advanced voxel capabilities. In addition,
the collaboration creates new opportunities to accelerate
the adoption of 3D printing at an industrial scale for
customers and partners that participate in Siemens’ Additive
Manufacturing Network.
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