SolidWorks Prints Directly to Solids

By DE Editors

Rapid prototyping system manufacturer 3D Systems Corp. (Valencia, CA) and SolidWorks Corp.(Concord, MA) announced today seamless integration from the SolidWorksMCAD application to 3D Systems' InVision 3D Printer. Equipped withreal-time intelligence, the InVision 3D Printer can now detect thepresence of SolidWorks on a host computer and automatically add a "Sendto InVision" option to the SolidWorks' File pull-down menu. This, inturn, lets users submit a file directly to the InVision 3D Printerwithout having to open another program to translate the file.

"Using 3D Systems' technology, our users can now quickly and easilyprint a 3D model of their current SolidWorks' design or assembly withonly one click of the mouse," said Brian Houle, SolidWorks' partnerprogram manager.

"To further enhance 3-D printing functionality and to make it as easyas 2D printing," said Abe Reichental, 3D Systems' president and chiefexecutive officer, "we developed an open-architecture intelligentsystem that allows CAD developers to integrate their CAD package withthe InVision 3-D Printer smoothly and efficiently."

The InVision 3-D Printer will be on display at the SolidWorks WorldConference in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday, January 30 through Thursday,February 2. For more information on the InVision 3-D Printer, visit the3D Systems' website.