Microsoft and Autodesk together to make 3D printing more accessible

Autodesk has tied up with Microsoft to embed its 3D printing platform in Windows 10, and that it intends to make its 3D modelling software interoperable with Microsoft’s mixed reality environment, Microsoft HoloLens.

In the first initiative, Autodesk will embed its Spark 3D printing software platform in Windows 10. This effort will provide Windows users with direct access to optimized and more reliable 3D printing experiences that streamline the additive manufacturing process for a variety of software, material, and printer choices. Autodesk will make the Spark APIs available for free to the Microsoft developer community to build upon, extending the reach and growth of the 3D printing industry. Further, to their combined goal of making 3D printing more accessible, Autodesk will also join Microsoft as a founding member of a 3D Manufacturing Format (3MF) Consortium to create and support a standard 3D interchange and printing format.

Steve Guggenheimer microsoft Microsoft and Autodesk together to make 3D printing more accessible

Steve Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice-President of Developer Platform & Evangelism and Chief Evangelist, Microsoft

“We are approaching a tipping point with 3D printing, which means there is a huge market opportunity waiting for companies developing applications for Windows 10. By providing the 3D printing building blocks found in the Spark platform and optimizing it for Windows 10, Autodesk has empowered our global developer community to confidently enter this new world of additive manufacturing,” said Steve Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice-President of Developer Platform & Evangelism and Chief Evangelist, Microsoft... See more



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