Stratasys has partnered with generative design and simulation firm Novineer to combine its NoviPath answer into GrabCAD Print Professional.
The mixing, Stratasys says, will allow a quicker, less expensive approach to design lighter, stronger components with predictable efficiency. It also needs to cut back the necessity for bodily testing for safety-critical, load-bearing functions.
Novineer’s know-how will use GrabCAD toolpath information to simulate half behaviour in real-world functions. By accounting for construct orientation, layer route, infill patterns and material-specific properties, early clients have reported weight reductions of as much as 35% on load-bearing components.
Conventional finite aspect evaluation instruments deal with 3D printed components as uniform items, ignoring the layer-by-layer nature of fabric extrusion. This will make it harder for engineers to precisely predict how extruded components will carry out in real-world functions. Now, Stratasys and Novineer say customers can anticipate correct predictions of stiffness, energy, and failure behaviour.
NoviPath works with GrabCAD Print Professional, permitting customers to launch simulations utilizing the identical toolpath information that can be used to print FDM components. Engineers can outline application-specific load instances and security elements, determine possible failure places, and iterate just about till they meet efficiency necessities – all whereas staying inside the Stratasys software program setting. Preliminary help is predicted for Stratasys FDM methods, together with the F3300, F900, and Fortus 450mc, with a roadmap for extra platform enlargement. The mixing will supply a pre-validated materials library, beginning with Antero 800NA, FDM Nylon 12CF and ULTEM 9085 filament, with ongoing additions deliberate.
“Partnering with Stratasys embeds NoviPath’s toolpath-aware half simulation into GrabCAD Print Professional, bridging the hole between design intent and real-world half efficiency,” mentioned Ali Tamijani, Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder, Novineer, Inc. “Stratasys customers can now predict stiffness, energy, and failure earlier than they hit ‘print,’ chopping trial-and-error, time, and price whereas qualifying extra FDM™ components. As the primary OEM to launch this distinctive answer, Stratasys is redefining what materials extrusion can ship in a manufacturing setting.”
“Engineers typically over-design FDM components or depend on trial-and-error testing as a result of they don’t have a straightforward and accessible simulation answer to foretell half efficiency,” added Victor Gerdes, Vice President, Software program, Stratasys. “Integrating Novineer’s simulation with GrabCAD Print Professional lets engineers predict how FDM components will behave earlier than printing the components, saving time and prices. It’s an entire, validated workflow for polymer extrusion that no different 3D printer producer affords at present.”
FDM Efficiency Simulation in GrabCAD Print Professional is deliberate to be accessible in a joint Stratasys & Novineer early entry pilot program in Q2 of 2026.
