Stratasys releases new software solution to bring voxel-level control to the multi-material and full-color Stratasys J750 3D printer. 

As 3D printing continues to advance, the ability to create objects in multiple colors and materials has transformed the technology from a rapid prototyping tool to a worthy candidate for production. The Stratasys J750 3D Printing Solution is one of the few machines that take full-color and multi-material capabilities to the industrial stage.

Stratasys has just released GrabCAD Voxel Print, a new software that provides voxel-level control during the design and 3D printing process. The solution will enable users to manipulate microscopic voxels within 3D models, achieving impressive effects and properties that were not possible before. The 3D printer manufacturer is looking to open up new possibilities with its Digital Materials and advanced structures.

GrabCAD Voxel Print is designed to be used in tandem with the Stratasys J750 3D printer. With this software, Stratasys hopes to advance 3D printing for a range of applications, including academic research, product design, biomedical, art, and more.

Stratasys GrabCAD Voxel Print: Manipulating Voxels to Change What’s Possible

GrabCAD Voxel Print will enable Stratasys J750 users to manipulate 3D printed material concentrations, structures, and color mapping at the voxel level. The software will help create groundbreaking Digital Materials with advanced structures, gradient color patterns, internal properties, and textures.

Additionally, users can utilize their own model layer slicer tool and assign properties at the voxel level. The new Stratasys solution allows users to design and fabricate a part from the inside out. GrabCAD Voxel Print generates a unique GrabCAD Voxel File (GCVF), which can be directly loaded to GrabCAD and 3D printed on the Stratasys J750.

The animation studio LAIKA is already finding the voxel-level control to be quite helpful with stop-motion animation projects. According to Brian McLean, Head of Rapid Prototyping at LAIKA, Stratasys’ PolyJet technology “empowers our animators with the precise, voxel-level control necessary to build the most intricate, creative characters we can imagine”.

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Researchers from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have also utilized GrabCAD Voxel Print to enhance design and production.

“GrabCAD Voxel Print is a game-changing production technology. For us it’s driving inquiry into new design automation approaches that span and integrate architectural, industrial and engineering design. This is leading to new ways to conceive and create products that blur the traditional line between material and structure and traditional boundaries between the digital and physical world,” said Martin Dunn, Associate Provost for Research and Co-Director, Digital Manufacturing and Design (DManD) Center, Singapore University of Technology and Design.

GrabCAD Voxel Print is a game-changing production technology.

By allowing users to modify and control each individual voxel in their 3D model, Stratasys is pushing its full-color and multi-material to the next level.  While GrabCAD Voxel Print is specially designed for the Stratasys J750 3D printer, the potential impact of this kind of software stretches far beyond this one machine.

Source: Business Wire