Generative Design
March 30, 2026Autodesk adds Wonder 3D generative model to Flow Studio
Autodesk, a leading provider of design software, has added Wonder 3D to its Flow Studio platform, bringing to market a generative model for producing three-dimensional assets from text prompts or…
March 6, 2026BMW Group targets 2027 for WAAM series production
BMW Group is moving to begin series production of components using wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) from 2027, marking a significant milestone in the car manufacturer’s efforts to industrialize 3D…
January 26, 2026MIT CSAIL creates generative AI tool to 3D print personal items
According to MIT CSAIL, generative AI has reshaped digital content creation, but its leap into the physical world has lagged. While AI can generate personalized 3D models, those designs often…
For years, French designer Patrick Jouin has leveraged the geometric freedom of additive manufacturing in his creations, bringing to life many boundary-pushing furniture pieces, including a single-piece 3D printed bench…
PartCrafter, a novel structured 3D generative model, introduces a transformative approach to 3D object creation. Breaking away from the traditional norms of monolithic 3D model generation, it synthesizes multiple geometrically…
I recently had the opportunity to try out Backflip’s Idea-to-Mesh app. Everyone can do so for a free try-out period with limited credits. However, due to my limited experience with…
February 17, 2025Generative Machine designs 5-axis desktop printer using Autodesk
Generative Machine, a British 3D printing startup, is developing a new open-source 5-axis FFF/FDM desktop 3D printing platform. The machine’s structure was designed entirely using Autodesk’s Generative Design suite, which…
October 31, 2024Siemens officially acquires Altair Engineering
As VoxelMatters anticipated last week, Siemens is officially acquiring Altair Engineering Inc., a leading software provider in the industrial simulation and analysis market. Altair shareholders will receive USD 113 per…
September 3, 2024Intact Solutions awarded $1.8M to advance generative design
The DARPA Defense Science Office has awarded Intact Solutions, a manufacturing software company, $1.8M to develop next-generation software for the generative design of pre-qualified additively manufactured metal components that explicitly…
July 27, 2024Taking AM all the way to the nTop
nTop is the most powerful computational design software currently available. VoxelMatters was recently invited to attend the company’s first annual Computational Design Summit ahead of this year’s RAPID + TCT,…
