New 3D Printing Service Offers Free Texture Generation

In cooperation with CoreTechnologie, Additive Innovation is now offering a selection of free textures for 3D printed parts from Substance, Hewlett Packard (HP) and VDI 3400 for a print job.

Additive Innovation (AI), a company specializing in additive manufacturing, is now offering a new 3D printing service with free texture generation. By using the 3D printing software 4D_Additive from CoreTechnologie, texture pattern from Substance and HP as well as VDI 3400 are available to improve the look and feel of 3D printed parts.

3D Contours in Seconds

Together with the experts from AI, customers select the right texture pattern for their components. With the powerful 4D_Additive software, the desired textures become visible as 3D contours on the model within a few seconds and can be printed directly. After submitting the 3D data in any major format and approving the print quotation, the textures are generated free of charge as part of the print job.

Lattice for Lightweight Construction and Damping

Around 20 patterns are available for creating lattice structures, ranging from honeycomb and gyroid to bionic structures. The lattice function of the 4D_Additive software generates complex lattices on the component in seconds as internal or external structures. The application is particularly relevant in 3D printing processes for lightweight construction and damping.

Automated Repair of 3D Scans

Scans from a Keyence scanner can be automatically healed and thereby converted into watertight volumes in seconds if required and printed immediately. The usual time-consuming repair of scanned STL data is no longer necessary. Thanks to the automated repair, the data is immediately available for 3D printing.

Components in PA 12 and TPU

Additive Innovation’s machine park includes HP Multijet Fusion printers for the tried-and-tested PA 12 material. A Weirather WLS 3232 is used to print high-quality and extremely resilient TPU-02-BK from AM Polymers with a print density of up to 5 bar.

Using lattice structures and textures, the 4D_Additive software makes it possible to create components with damping properties as well as a new look and feel. As a spin-off of the international software company CoreTechnologie, the 3D printing service provider Additive Innovation can draw on extensive expertise in 3D data repair for the generation of lattice structures and the creation of textures.

Further information is available at www.additive-innovation.com .

Background Information

As a spin-off of the globally successful software manufacturer CoreTechnologie and sales partner of market leader Hewlett Packard (HP), Additive Innovation GmbH, founded in January 2018 at the company’s location in Mömbris near Aschaffenburg, supports companies in efficiently realising the benefits resulting from additive manufacturing. Additive Innovation’s mission is to provide 3D printing services and optimise additive manufacturing processes. Quality and the use of state-of-the-art hardware and software tools take centre stage. The innovation driver pursues a holistic approach to services, system integration and the evaluation and implementation of 3D printing processes in companies. The Additive Innovation team has direct access to CoreTechnologie’s cutting-edge software tools and the latest expertise from leading technology partners. This enables Additive Innovation’s innovation team to respond immediately to new requirements with intelligent functions and enable a seamless transition from design and 3D modelling to 3D printing.

Feature Image Courtesy of: CoreTechnologie