A New Program Creates Stronger Prototypes

Most of us have come across this problem before: We create a model and send it out for a print, and when it returns it isn’t as structurally sound as it should be.

Over at Laboratory Equipment there is a great article about a new program that can detect a model’s deficiencies and create structural components to reinforce the strength of features that may break.

Bedrich Benes, an associate professor of computer graphics at Purdue University, is working in collaboration with Adobe Inc. to create software that can ensure every model you create will survive the most brutal shipping, handling and testing.

Benes has an interesting white paper about his research here, and I think it’s well worth a read.

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