Netfabb 2019 is now available to download with big improvements to simulation and latticing, cloud storage, new machine workspaces and new support actions.
For those not up to speed, Netfabb is Autodesk’s take on additive manufacturing and 3D design. According to the website, it’s tailored for 3D printing, rapid prototyping, and additive manufacturing. It’s used for preparing 3D files for printing and converting them to slice files.
In order to help you prepare for a 3D print, Netfabb offers features which make editing, repairing and analyzing files easier. Subscription packages start at around $300 a year for the standard package and go up to $6,000 a year for premium.
For its 2019.0, or July 2018 update, Autodesk is making sure to keep up to speed with the fact that 3D printing is being used more regularly as a production technology. You can find the download of the new version in your Autodesk Account, here, or through the Autodesk Desktop App. Let’s have a look at some of the 2019.0 updates:
Notable Features of Netfabb 2019.0
My Machines: This focuses on the daily needs of managing and operating multiple 3D printers and has had an overhaul of access to and management of machine workspaces. Autodesk promises: “No more scrolling large lists of machines not in your arsenal, no more saving of empty projects to store machine settings!”
Take a closer look below:
Lattice Commander: Extensive changes and improvements were made here. Autodesk explains that the UI has been reordered into three tabs. These are statistics and ways to create or import components, an overview tab for managing the selected component, and a tab for managing, and working on, the selected body.
There is also a grid overlay to help users visualize the division of space and a new body property that sets the role it plays when a part is generated from the component.
Autodesk explains: “We added a new function to generate a part from component bodies at the click of a single button. While we were working on Lattice Commander’s user interface, we also collated the different latticing tools into a common section of the project tree to have them all in one place.”
3MF Support:
Autodesk has also improved support for 3MF files. Large companies are working on replacing the STL format with 3MF files. To make this transition happen, Netfabb is making 3MF files as easy as possible to use.
This means that there is now an option to interpret components as groups. When it comes to exporting 3MF files, groups can be applied as components. Check the settings to change this. As well as this, support for large counts of parts and triangles has been improved.
The Simulation Utility
Autodesk lays out twelve changes to the simulation utility. Just a few of these include, a new “Getting Started” window which provides direct access to the Processing Parameter library. Also, users are warned if their graphics card is not suitable for running Sim Utility.
Furthermore, processing parameter (PRM) files can be generated on the cloud, including hot spot and lack of fusion PRMs and browser information now includes the PRM details for each part and support, and the material for each build plate. As well as this, new icons provide quicker access to operations such as editing, scaling, and opening the stored location of a PRM file.
You can find the full list of further changes and improvements over on the Autodesk website.
Source: 3D Printing Media
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