{"id":178786,"date":"2020-12-22T07:28:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T07:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/?p=178786"},"modified":"2020-12-22T07:28:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T07:28:06","slug":"stratasys-releases-grabcad-software-development-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/stratasys-releases-grabcad-software-development-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Stratasys Releases GrabCAD Software Development Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stratasys created a new program to integrate its 3D print<\/a>ers in production environment<\/a>s with the factory floor via the GrabCAD software development kit (SDK). Each SDK package includes a complete set of application<\/a> programming interfaces, documentation, and code samples that enable development part<\/a>ners and manufacturing customers to establish two-way connectivity between Stratasys FDM<\/a> 3D print<\/a>ers and enterprise software application<\/a>s. The program gives customers the power to integrate, manage, and support additive manufacturing for production of end-use part<\/a>s.<\/p>\n

Stratasys has previously introduced support for MTConnect, an industry-standard protocol that enables customers to communicate factory data. However, while good for collecting execution data, this standard does not support additional capabilities for sending and receiving printer commands and for remote monitoring. As companies increase their investment in Industry 4.0 initiatives, Stratasys is now meeting the need for more sophisticated two-way integration.<\/p>\n

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Initial part<\/a>ners for the GrabCAD SDK program include Link3D, the leader in additive workflow and manufacturing execution system software, and Identify3D, which provides software that enables security, usage control and traceability of design and manufacturing data across the digital supply chain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Industrial IoT transformation is underway as leading manufacturers seek to adopt a more digital, agile way of operating,\u201d said Greg Gorbach, vice president of digitization and IoT at ARC Advisory Group. \u201cAt the heart<\/a> of IIoT is data and connectivity. For 3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> to achieve its full potential on the shop floor, companies need an easy, secure, scalable way for additive manufacturing systems to integrate into Industry 4.0 initiatives in production environment<\/a>s.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Improved API connectivity could open the door to new business models, such as enabling airlines to 3D print<\/a> their own spare part<\/a>s with license keys from aerospace<\/a> company OEMs. Similarly, global manufacturers could more easily make on-the-fly decisions about where to produce part<\/a>s in different locations through automated software integrated with global networks of 3D print<\/a>ers. In fact, cloud-based workflow software was essential to Stratasys\u2019 COVID Coalition to produce 250,000 face shields across more than 100 coalition part<\/a>ners earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdditive manufacturing enables almost anything to be manufactured almost anywhere quickly, and that is the kind of agility our customers need in a world of supply chain disruption,\u201d said Dick Anderson, senior vice president for manufacturing at Stratasys. \u201cStratasys is committed to enable full integration with the smart<\/a> factory to give our customers the speed and agility benefits that only additive manufacturing can provide.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first two available SDK packages enable customers and part<\/a>ners to integrate with GrabCAD Print software and Stratasys manufacturing systems including the F900, Fortus 450mc, and Stratasys F123 Series of FDM<\/a> 3D print<\/a>ers.<\/p>\n