Hexagon, 3D Systems Collaborate to Offer Manufacturers ‘Engineering-aware’ Generative Design for High-performance Part Design

Stockholm, Sweden – Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has collaborated with world-leading additive manufacturing company 3D Systems to enhance its 3DXpert® design for additive manufacturing solution with Hexagon’s generative design technology. Integration of HxGN Emendate – Hexagon’s best-in-class generative design technology – enables users of the comprehensive 3DXpert solution, which supports both metal and plastic-based additive parts, to unlock new levels of performance and confidence.

3DXpert is a platform-neutral, integrated solution that allows users to prepare, optimize, and 3D print high-quality parts in record time. It is now part of Oqton’s expanded portfolio. Hexagon adds value to the solution by assisting customers with high-performance design requirements in accelerating the transition from concept to an optimal, fully engineered, and manufacturing-ready design.

HxGN Emendate’s speed and accuracy boost the design-to-manufacturing process for additive manufacturers in any sector by acting as a ‘co-pilot’ in the 3DXpert system, ensuring designs are engineering-validated, highly optimized, and print-ready. This design accuracy and reliability are especially beneficial to industries that require high performance and precision, such as the aerospace and medical sectors. Users will be able to use the Hexagon engine’s high-end part optimization in 3DXpert to shortlist and refine design candidates with unrivaled speed and efficiency, all while remaining within the same solution.

End-users can access the HxGN Emendate generative design engine through MSC Apex Generative Design, a high-productivity generative design application that assists engineers in designing and re-engineering parts to make the best use of the lightweight topologies and design freedoms made possible by additive manufacturing processes.

Ben Schrauwen, Co-founder and CEO, Oqton, said, “We are excited about this collaboration and the potential it holds for existing and future customers looking for the best-in-class additive manufacturing software, now with the generative design engine that makes Hexagon the go-to for enhancing the speed and optimization of 3D printed designs.”  

Stating that this partnership is an important step toward ensuring that manufacturers all over the world have the opportunity to implement the company’s generative design capabilities, Thomas Reiher, Director Generative Design, Hexagon, added, “We’re excited to contribute to such a trailblazing system as 3DXpert, to help improve outcomes the most demanding customers and facilitate industrial adoption together.”

Image Source: Hexagon AB

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