CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
17 January 2005
Product News
3D Systems and SolidWorks Team-Up to Provide Integrated End-User Solutions
3D Systems Corporation announced that it has teamed up with SolidWorks Corporation, a global supplier of 3-D computer aided design (CAD) software, to provide end-users with a seamless integration to the InVisionT 3-D Printer. Equipped with real time intelligence, the InVision 3-D Printer can detect the presence of SolidWorks® software on the host computer and automatically add a "Send to InVision" option to the SolidWorks' file pull-down menu.
"We are delighted to partner with SolidWorks, a world-class mechanical design software supplier," said Abe Reichental, 3D Systems' president and chief executive officer. "By teaming up with SolidWorks, our customers can submit a file directly to our InVision 3-D Printer without having to open another program to do so. To further enhance 3-D printing functionality and to make it as easy as 2-D printing, we developed an open-architecture intelligent system that allows CAD developers to integrate their CAD package with the InVision 3-D Printer smoothly and efficiently. We believe that facilitating seamless integration between SolidWorks' leading CAD solutions and our InVision 3-D Printer will further accelerate the adoption of this exciting technology by a growing number of CAD users around the world."
"Using 3D Systems' technology, our users can now quickly and easily print a 3-D model of their current SolidWorks' design or assembly with only one click of the mouse," said Brian Houle, SolidWorks' partner program manager. "By providing fast, reliable, easy-to-use 3-D printing capabilities, we are further supporting our mission to unleash the power of 3-D for everyone in product development. This new technology will help make manufacturers' jobs easier, faster and more cost-effective by providing printable 3-D models in record time."
The InVision 3-D Printer will be on display at the SolidWorks World Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday, January 30 through Thursday, February 2, 2005. All SolidWorks' users are invited to visit the 3D Systems' booth, number 301, and experience the difference the InVision 3-D Printer can make for their business.
For more information regarding 3D Systems' trade show and event schedule, visit the 3D Systems' web site at http://www.3dsystems.com .
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