{"id":164023,"date":"2021-10-24T15:16:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T07:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/docs\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=164023"},"modified":"2022-03-04T17:14:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T09:14:31","slug":"watch-desktop-metal-previews-liveparts-1-5-generative-design-software","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/docs\/kb\/watch-desktop-metal-previews-liveparts-1-5-generative-design-software","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Desktop Metal Previews Live Parts 1.5 Generative Design Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desktopmetal.com\/\">Desktop Metal<\/a>,\u00a0an\u00a0award-winning\u00a0metal 3D printer manufacturer\u00a0based in Burlington, Massachusetts, has debuted an updated version of its\u00a0generative design platform Live Parts.<\/p>\n<p>Live Parts 1.5 includes a new seed cell feature, Connections, which automatically links fixed and forced surfaces of a 3D model, creating faster, more\u00a0efficient 3D model outputs. Rather than working with predetermined shapes, Live Parts software produces parts \u201cfrom the ground up\u201d by growing seed cells, miniscule blocks that control the output of a CAD file.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a totally different approach to the way things are created because it\u2019s not generating many different designs randomly,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3LLf4_x7Ojk\">explained<\/a>\u00a0Andy Roberts, Software Engineer at Desktop Metal and Creator of Live Parts,\u201d instead it\u2019s creating by developing a seed cell into an organism an is optimized for its environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like plants or animals, Roberts adds,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cITS CONSTANTLY ADAPTING TO CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHANGES IN THE FORCES THEN IT CREATES LIGHTWEIGHT PARTS THAT ARE STRONG AND FATIGUE RESISTANT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"What&#039;s new in Live Parts\u2122 v1.5\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nS-Ubu8QOC0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Generative design and 3D printing<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2018 Desktop Metal showed first version of its Live Parts software, which has been made in collaboration with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.3ds.com\/\">Dassault Syst\u00e8mes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still in development, Live Parts is described as \u201can experimental technology that applies morphogenetic principles and advanced simulation to auto-generate part designs in minutes.\u201d This generative design platform was created to enable users to speedily realize the full potential of additive manufacturing with material and cost efficiency, as well as design flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>Operating from a set of predetermined factors, such as size, purpose and weight, generative design allows its users to automatically create a variety of 3D model designs with minimal human input. The new Connections feature in Live Parts 1.5 gives its users the option to both manually or automatically join otherwise separated surfaces of a part, resulting in more novel design outputs.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3dprintingindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Connections feature in Live Parts 1.5 using seed cells to connect surfaces. Clip via Desktop Metal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Generative design versus traditional manufacturing<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As an example use case of Live Parts, Desktop Metal engineers have created a lever, applying material only to support the areas where a pushing force is typically applied. By considering such real-world functionalities, the 3D printed lever can be produced with differing structures that tolerate stress in certain areas while remaining lightweight in others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to give the designer a tool that they could use to redesign their parts, or to design their parts from the ground up for additive manufacturing and for functionality,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Jonah Myerberg, CTO at Desktop Metal.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3dprintingindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DVTqyPMUMAAewjv.jpg\" alt=\"Desktop Metal 3D printed samples designed by Live Parts generative design. Photo by Michael Petch\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desktop Metal 3D printed samples designed by Live Parts generative design. Photo by Michael Petch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desktop Metal,\u00a0an\u00a0award-winning\u00a0metal 3D printer manufacturer\u00a0based in Burlington, Massachusetts, has debuted an updated version of its\u00a0generative design platform Live Parts. Live Parts 1.5 includes a new seed cell feature, Connections, which automatically links fixed and forced surfaces of a 3D model, creating faster, more\u00a0efficient 3D model outputs. Rather than working with predetermined shapes, Live Parts software [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[47],"kbtag":[130,39,175,55],"class_list":["post-164023","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-design","kbtag-3d-printer","kbtag-design","kbtag-metal","kbtag-software"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Watch: Desktop Metal Previews Live Parts 1.5 Generative Design Software - FacFox Docs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Desktop Metal,\u00a0an\u00a0award-winning\u00a0metal 3D printer manufacturer\u00a0based in Burlington, Massachusetts, has debuted an updated version of its\u00a0generative design\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/docs\/kb\/watch-desktop-metal-previews-liveparts-1-5-generative-design-software\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch: Desktop Metal Previews Live Parts 1.5 Generative Design Software\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Desktop Metal,\u00a0an\u00a0award-winning\u00a0metal 3D printer manufacturer\u00a0based in Burlington, Massachusetts, has debuted an updated version of its\u00a0generative design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/docs\/kb\/watch-desktop-metal-previews-liveparts-1-5-generative-design-software\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FacFox Docs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/facfox3d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-04T09:14:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/3dprintingindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gif.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@facfox3d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/docs\/kb\/watch-desktop-metal-previews-liveparts-1-5-generative-design-software\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/docs\/kb\/watch-desktop-metal-previews-liveparts-1-5-generative-design-software\",\"name\":\"Watch: Desktop Metal Previews Live Parts 1.5 Generative Design Software - 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