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DeskArtes 3Data Expert 12.1 –
3D model preparation, coloring and
support structures for AM
Ismo Mäkelä
DeskArtes Oy
Case study: Lithoz GmbH
• JawImplant research project
• Mandibular cage for treatment of
bone defects
• Filled with bone marrow
• Bone forming
• Dental implants added
• 3D data preparation and support
structures:
– DeskArtes 3Data Expert 12.1
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Case study: Cubicure
• CSS software (Cubicure Supports
and Slicing)
• Tailored for Caligma 200 Hot
Lithography system
• High performance polymers
• Based on DeskArtes 3Data
Expert 12.1 software
• 3D CAD input and triangulation
• Repair + Support generation
• Slicing with tool compensation
• Warning for too thin features
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Case study: Banner Health
• Banner Cardon Children’s Medical
Center in Mesa, Arizona
• Congenital anomaly
– Plumonary arteries location problem
• 3D Printed model to check the
success of the operation
• Model generated with GE Healtcare
AW advanced 3D processing
software for Cardiac CT studies
– no color, hundreds of components
• Data preparation with DeskArtes
3DEdit Pro 3.0 sofware
– Model verification, repair and coloring
in minutes
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Company
• History
– research work at Helsinki University of Technology
1986 -1995 (now Aalto University)
– Industrial Design System and Additive Manufacturing
software
– company started 1991 in Helsinki
• Current
– distributors in over 30 countries
– sales and development co-operation with large 3D
Printer manufacturers
– software sales by major simulation software vendors
• We provide
– state-of-the-art desktop and cloud based software tools
for 3D data verification, healing and print preparation
within Additive Manufacturing and Simulation software
market
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Company
• Sales and Marketing
– 30% direct, 70% through distributors and OEM
– 95% international
– online product, tutorial and training material downloads
– direct software sales via Online Shop
• Development
– mostly own development, starting from 1990 in HUT
– participated in more than 20 EU, Nordic and national projects, current CraMax
(medical), 3D Surprise (food printing), ToMax (support software), I AM RRI (EU),
EIT Digital Catalyst (2018-2019)
– 3rd party software: Import Translators for STEP, IGES and native 3D CAD
format input (11 formats)
– standalone and cloud based AM solution development
– OEM solutions
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Distributors worldwide• Europe
– Germany: alphacam GmbH, MAGMA Giessereitechnologie GmbH, Simcon Kunststofftechince Software GmbH, medacom GmbH, WDV GmbH, Kisters AG, WDV GmbH,
– UK/Ireland: CDG Concurrent Design Group, Laser Lines,
– France: Multistation
– Spain: Sicnova (worldwide)
– Sweden: NovaCast Technologies AB and its distributors worldwide
– Norway/Denmark: Euromize
– Slovakia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine: Revance, s.r.o.
– Russia, CIS, Baltic States: CompMechLab (CML)
– Czech Republic: Revance, s.r.o., MCAE Systems, s.r.o
– Poland: Revance, s.r.o., KOM-ODLEW
– Austria: Lithoz, Cubicure (worldwide)
– Mcor Technologies (worldwide)
– Finland: Hetitec Oy, AipWorks
• North America
– DeskArtes North America/Nest Technologies, Computer-Aided Products, Inc., Cimquest, Inc., The Drafting Clinic of Canada, Abordage, Objex Unlimited Inc., InterActive 3D & Office Systems …
– Mexico: Nest Technologies
• Asia
– Japan: RCCM Research Center of Computational Mechanics, Inc., CDI Corp./HZS Inc., Zexel Inc.,System Create Ltd.
– Korea: TRINITY Engineering Co., Ltd.
– Singapore: MAGMA ENGINEERING ASIA-PASIFIC
– Taiwan: CoreTech Systems Co., Ltd., Moldex 3D
• Australia
– InterCAD Ltd.
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Customers/Partners
• DeskArtes Cloud Solutions
– Grow.am, Grano 3D, Versoteq, …
• 3Data Expert
– Daimler, Adidas, Skoda, Huntsmann, Hella, Sifunsa,
Aalto University, Kiefer GMBH, Hetitec, Lithoz, ...
• Dimensions Expert
– Rolls Royce, Nuhill Technologies, Roto Frank AB,
Georg Fischer GmbH...
• ColourIT/Orange Peel
– via Mcor Technologies and its distributors
• Sim Expert/3Data Expert
– Magna, Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbH, FAF
Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Steinel...
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Products
• 3Data Expert 12.1
– data preparation tool for 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing and Simulation
– 3D CAD viewing, annotation, surface triangulation, STL fixing, decimation,
refinement, smoothing, hollowing, splitting, connecting, Boolean, solidify, 3D
nesting, Sand supports, Generic Supports for metal, DLP, stereolithography
– AM documentation for PDM, quality control and cost calculation
• 3DEdit Pro 4.0, 3DE Lite, Dimensions Expert, Sim Expert, View Expert
– subset of 3Data Expert functionality for various purposes
– Dimensions Expert and 3DE Lite targeted to Stratasys Dimension users
– 3DEdit Pro through 3D Systems resellers for ProJet x60 users
– ColourIT/Orange Peel through Mcor Technologies and its resellers
• DeskArtes Cloud Solutions
– enables to use the standalone software functions over the Internet
– repair, cost calculation, support generation, decimation and more to come…
– partnerships with other web developers
3D Model Preparation for AM• Surface model input and triangulation
– standard and native CAD formats
• Faceted model verification and repair
– Fully automatic repair
– Manual repair
• Faceted model manipulation
– Boolean, Smooth, Decimate, ...
– Solidify for difficult architectural models
• 3D Print preparation
– Split, Connect, Hollow, Offset,...
– 3D Nesting, Positioning, Z-compensation ...
– Slicing to CLI, SLI, bitmaps
• 3D Model Texuring and painting
– de facto standard for 3D color printing
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3Data Expert Supports for AM
• Generic Support command
– supports for metal, DLP and
sterolithography processes
– Cloud Solutions
• Support types
– Web, Chain, Gusset, Point, Tree and Tube
supports
– surface contact with Tooth and Dovetail
shape
– Arched supports, Side supports
– automatic or user defined
– solid and open support structures
• Sand supports
– tool for supporting delicate sand parts
– push button solution
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3Data Expert Supports for AM
• Tested at Lappeenranta University of
Technology
– EOSINT M-series
– EOS SS316L stainless steel powder
– several articles on the effect of supports
• Tested at Tampere University of
Technology and Lithoz
– Lithoz DLP system
– reseller agreement with LITHOZ
• Tested at Aalto University and UPM
– stereolihography systems
– Formlabs, 3D Systems SLA
• Official release Formnext 2018
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DeskArtes Cloud Solutions
• Internet enabled AM service
applications
– data upload, repair, cost calculation
and order processing
– user and service provider databases
and links
– based on 3Data Expert non-GUI
module
– easy to add new functions
• Partners: Grow.am, Versoteq
– support generation for AM
– repair and cost calulation
– verify and decimate
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DeskArtes Cloud Solutions
• Grow (UK) with DeskArtes support structures
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DeskArtes Cloud Solutions
• Print job cost calculation example (FIN)
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OEM solutions
• DeskArtes tools available for OEM
products
– Sicnova JCR 3D printers with JCR Edit
– CSS for Cubicure
– 3DEdit Pro 3.0 upgrade directly from
DeskArtes for ProJet x60 systems
– etc,...
• Projects include
– design for the OEM product
– 3Data Expert modification and/or
– Cloud Solution modification
– links to receiving applications or
manufacturing
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3Data Expert medical tools
• Specialized for artificial bone operations
- operates on STL models generated from CT images
• Surface generation
– generate new bone structures (free form design)
– reference the original STL model
– design and add fixtures
• Cut Tool and Hole Tool
– remove, copy and separate selected areas from bone structures
– add holes and connectors
• 3D volumetric net generation
– generate 3D STL surfaces for triangle net
– printed with AM in titanium
• Projects with Aalto University
EU project I AM RRI
• EU project 2018-2021 (https://www.iamrri.eu/)
• I AM RRI investigates webs of
– innovation value chains in additive manufacturing (AM) and
– identifies openings for responsible research and innovation
(RRI).
• The aim is to develop a complex network model of
AM innovation chains and their associated
processes, which is directed toward "Responsible,
Research and Innovation" (RRI) at all levels.
• Stakeholder identification in progress (AM
companies, research organizations, governemental,
legal, NGO, standardisation...)
• Workshops organized, please contact us if
interested
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