2. Building Blocks of a 3D
Printing Ecosystem
Kelvin Wee / Katrien Lenaerts
Materialise

3. Content
• Introduction Materialise
• Building blocks of 3DPrinting Ecosystem
• Examples of Ecosystems
• i.materialise
• RS Print
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4. 1. INTRODUCTION TO
MATERIALISE
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5. Welcome to
Materialise
Founded
1990
HQ in
Leuven,
Belgium
Global
presence
Team of
~ 1000
3D
printing
production
3D
printing
software
Medical
Solutions

6. 3D
Printing
Software
Development
6
Engineering

7. Connecting Applications to 3D Printing
7
Engineering
3D
Printing
Software
Development

8. A 3D Printing Ecosystem
Materialise:
A Platform for 3D
Printing
Ecosystems
Confidential

9. 2. BUILDING BLOCKS
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Connect Industries/Applications
to
3D Printing
...
...
Software
Platform for
3D Printing

11. ProESTL
STL
FBX
Catia
ACIS
DXF
VRML
VDA
CT/MRI Topology data
Google Sketchup 8.0
.AMF
OBJ
ZPR
PLY3DS3DM
...
DLP
FDM
Laser Sintering
Binderjet
Stereolithography
EBM
Metal Sintering
Polyjet
...
Software
Platform for
3D Printing

12. Software
Platform for
3D Printing

13. Materialise AM Platform
Materialise offers a platform to develop a 3D printer business, in an
open and neutral environment
The individual link to the platform:
Lightweight
structures
Surface
textures
Link to CAD
formats
Handling
large data
AM Design
AM Build
preparation
Automation
& Control
Scalable
production
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14. Materialise AM Platform
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15. Materialise AM Platform
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16. A unified AM platform
・・・
Build Processor
Framework
BP BP BP BP BP

17. Build Processor
The concept
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18. Machine Control
Image source: Solid Concepts
MCS
 Get the best out of your hardware

19. Kawamoto (2012), Prototyping lightweight car seat structures using topology
optimization and additive manufacturing, International conference on additive
manufacturing and 3D Printing.
How can we build it ?
Courtesy of Toyota Motor
Corporation and Toyota
Central R&D Labs., Inc

20. 3. I.MATERIALISE
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21. 3D print lab

22. 3D print lab

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24. API
Team up
commissionorder handling

25. And finally
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USA
Belgium

26. i.materialise
• First time right…
• Always different parts
• Coming from different sources
• Localization
• Subcontracting
• So much room for error  need a software driven
ecosystem
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27. API

28. 4. RS PRINT
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31. Walking Running

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