Panel Discussion: Trends in Design and Manufacturing Simulations
The goal for any design, structural and manufacturing simulation is to predict and fix defects early in the product development. This panel will discuss how design and simulation tools are helping engineers to be efficient. Experts will share their thoughts on current and future trends in manufacturing, focusing on how designs evolve using manufacturing simulations.
Future.Industry 2021
Enhance Your Design for Additive Manufacturing with Lattice Structures
Unlike traditional manufacturing, additive manufacturing allows for increased geometric complexity. In order to maximize the added value of additive manufacturing, it's important to create designs that take advantage of this complexity. Using lattice structures to minimize the weight of the parts while maintaining good mechanical properties is one of the advantages.
This webinar will introduce these concepts and show practical examples and uses cases using Materialise 3-matic software.
Webinars
The Future of the Design Optimization for Additive Manufacturing
Lucas Hellemans from Materialise, an APA partner, discusses the future of design optimization for additive manufacturing.
Testimonial
The Future of Smart Devices
Pete Darnell, Vice President, Software Development at Altair discusses why embedded development tools must track the ever-increasing complexity and feature set of microcontrollers as well as demands from new markets like the Cloud based “Internet of Things”. He looks at trends in the microcontroller space and discusses how block diagram model-based development tools can be used to abstract these changes to ease firmware development. He also looks at the thing side of IoT and the challenges of power management to extend battery life and what it will take to provide secure over-the-air firmware updates.
The recording is about 19 minutes long, and was presented at the 2020 Global Altair Technology conference.
Global ATC 2020
Altair SimSolid - Hydrostatic Pressure Tutorial
Learn how to simulate an hydrostatic pressure in Altair SimSolid.
Tutorials
Materialise 3-matic: Top Use Cases
Top use cases of 3-matic by Materialise.
Use Cases
Materialise ATC Lunch and Learn Presentation
Industry 4.0 Meets Additive Manufacturing
Conference Presentations
Materialise 3-matic: What’s New in Version 14
3-matic 14 introduces an improved Lattice module (formally known as Lightweights module), making your workflow more efficient thanks to a simplified UI/UX and new features in the Lattice module. Next to this, an enhanced Texturing Module to speed up mass editing of textures and benefit from the Texturing module’s powerful new editing tools, such as handling high numbers of UV regions by using the new generic UV map object in the Texturing and Lattice modules. And last but not least there are new import & export formats such as obj, 3mf, Catia6.
Webinars
Motorcycle Crankshaft Modeling with SimLab at BMW Motorrad
Learn about the semi-automated motorcycle crankshaft modeling process developed at BMW Motorrad based on Altair's pre- and post-processor SimLab. The scripts developed take the FE model generation time down from 2 weeks of manual work to half a day.
Customer Stories
Case Study: Smart Design, Smart Mobility - KLIO Contributes to South Korea's Smart Mobility
Under the theme of ‘Smart Design, Smart Mobility’, the Seoul Smart Mobility International Conference and Exhibition was the venue where experts and Seoul citizens could discuss and experience the present and the future of South Korea’s smart mobility. KLIO Design participated in the exhibition and presented their Open Mobility Structure Concept, powered by 3D-printed car parts.
Case Study
Case Study: The Spider Bracket - A Topology Optimization Project by Altair, Materialise and Renishaw
Materialise worked together with Altair and Renishaw to create an R&D spider bracket. The original design was based on brackets that connect the corners of architectural glass panels, used in atriums and floor-to-ceiling wall glazing.
Case Study
Case Study: A 63% Lighter Titanium Aerospace Part with Materialise
GE Aviation 3D printed their famous fuel nozzle in one piece. They are one of the many companies that understand the huge impact 3D printing technology can have on the aerospace industry, not only in terms of supply chain, but also in terms of weight reduction. A lighter airplane means lower fuel costs.
Case Study
About Materialise Presentation
PowerPoint presentation outlining what Materialise does and why people use their software.
Brochures
Topology Optimization Flyer
Flyer introducing topology optimization with Materialise 3-matic.
Brochures
Materialise 3-matic Lightweight Structures Module
Materialise 3-matic allows you to create 3D printable internal and external
structures that add extra strength, provide cushioning, increase porosity, or
simply reduce the weight of your design.
Brochures
Using HyperMesh and Materialise 3-matic
This presentation highlights the workflow of applying the interface between HyperMesh and 3-matic.
Brochures
Form and Function: Metal 3D Printing of Hybrid Lattice
Altair, Materialise and Renishaw have collaboratively created a prototype of lattice structured spider bracket; a lightweight, functional structure which echoes biological forms found in nature. The synthesis of computational design technology with performance based lattice optimization, automatic surface smoothing and re-design with metal additive layer manufacturing, resulted in the creation of this unconventional, structurally efficient, manufacturable bracket that unleashes designing potential and creativity, freeing creators of common manufacturing constraints across the entire project from conception, product performance to its realization. The printed part shows how true bio-mimicking of 3D patterns reduces stress concentrations and produces a custom tailored design that embeds organic beauty and freedom of design.
Case Study
adidas Futurecraft: The Ultimate 3D-Printed Personalized Shoe
See how designers and engineers at Materialise worked with adidas to create a unique 3D-printed running shoe midsole which can be tailored to the cushioning needs of an individual’s foot.
Customer Stories
Lightweight Structures Support Scherf Design to Reach New Heights
Scherf Design; an innovative design company, created a 3D printed, metal high heel shoe model that was both highly distinctive and wearable with the help of Materialise 3-matic software.
Customer Stories
Materialise 3-matic Makes Topology Optimization More Attractive
See how 3-matic can transform scanned measurements to CAD files and develop volume meshes for FEM analysis.
Customer Stories
Materialise Slicing Technology Enables Toyota’s Lightweight Car Seat
Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc. wanted to produce a lightweight car seat prototype with a minimal volume and an optimal heat capacity. To assist them in creating the complex design, Toyota contacted Materialise’s engineering team.
Customer Stories
VTT Presents an Organic, Lightweight Hydraulic Valve
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the largest multidisciplinary research organization in Northern Europe, decided to explore the possibilities of 3D Printing to create the ideal hydraulic valve—lighter, with a better fluid flow and with minimal risk of leakage—for their customer Nurmi Cylinders. VTT relied on Materialise software 3-matic to enhance the design optimized with Altair software.
Customer Stories
Optimized Design for 3D Printed Valve Block Sheds Weight, Size and Gains Improved Performance
Not every component or product is suitable
for 3D printing, depending on its size, form
and design as well as the quantity needed.
A valve block is very suitable for 3D printing
and has a high potential for improvement in
weight, performance, and design freedom
when additively manufactured.
Customer Stories
Engineering the Design Process for 3D Printing
3D printing is gripping the engineering community with large mass appeal. With a confluence of many factors like aggressive marketing, advancements in manufacturing processes, willingness and bold initiatives to reduce weight, the adoption phase has clearly crossed the chasm from early adopters to an early majority.
Technical Document
Save your energy with Materialise 3-matic in the after topology optimization process
This webinar focuses on Materialise 3-matic's complimentary position to Altair's topology optimization and illustrates its capabilities on light weight structures design, with a focus on printable design.
Webinars
Partner Spotlight: Materialise
Lieve Boeykens, Brand Manager at Materialise, discusses Additive Manufacturing and Topology Optimization software, Materialise 3-matic, available through the Altair Partner Alliance.
Brochures