{"id":381734,"date":"2020-11-16T08:33:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T13:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=381734"},"modified":"2020-11-16T08:33:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T13:33:27","slug":"its-here-keyshot-3d-rendering-software-now-fully-supports-stratasys-full-color-multi-material-3d-printers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/its-here-keyshot-3d-rendering-software-now-fully-supports-stratasys-full-color-multi-material-3d-printers\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Here: KeyShot 3D Rendering Software Now Fully Supports Stratasys Full-Color, Multi-Material 3D Printers"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Here: KeyShot 3D Rendering Software Now Fully Supports Stratasys Full-Color, Multi-Material 3D Printers<\/b><\/p>\n

From the screen to your hand, producing incredibly realistic product models is now fast and easy for designers with J55 and J8 Series PolyJet 3D printers<\/i><\/p>\n

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. & REHOVOT, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nAlmost any product designer will tell you that prototyping the shape of a new design with 3D printing is pretty easy. But accurately simulating color, material and finish, or \u201cCMF,\u201d can take serious time and money. Not anymore. Thanks to the latest KeyShot 10 3D rendering software and Stratasys Ltd.\u2019s (NASDAQ: SSYS) J55\u2122 and J8 Series 3D printers, it\u2019s little more than just click and print.\n<\/p>\n

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20201116005684\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Designers<\/p>\n

Designers can now 3D print in full color and textures like wood right from KeyShot software to Stratasys PolyJet printers. (Photo: Business Wire)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\nThe full-color, multi-material Stratasys 3D printers and the latest version of KeyShot from Luxion both now support the new 3MF file format, a significant improvement over legacy STL, OBJ, and VRML files. By saving designs to 3MF, KeyShot 10 produces files ready for printing, with accurate colors and bump\/displacement maps to three-dimensionally simulate textures like fabric and wood. Additional enhancements are planned for 2021.\n<\/p>\n

\nColumbus, Ohio-based Priority Designs was a beta user of the new KeyShot 10 capabilities using the office-friendly J55 3D printer. Erik Fickas, senior industrial designer, said the speed and simplicity with which they can 3D print a collection of design options is completely new.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cWe developed this Bluetooth speaker model and used KeyShot to add all the textures like the speaker grill, then just saved to the new 3MF file format for 3D printing,\u201d Fickas said. \u201cOvernight, we had five different models with five different wood samples and different fabric samples. To rapid prototype a wood texture would have been a heck of a lot of work. It\u2019s really incredible what we can do now.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\nStratasys estimates that 3MF support with KeyShot can reduce 3D print modeling time of CMF models to a single day, while traditional modeling for final iterations can take from one to three weeks. The new workflow enables the CMF design phase to start earlier in the design process, helping bring new products to market faster, and also keeps modeling in-house to reduce risk of intellectual property loss.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe J55 made true full-color, multi-material 3D printing accessible to design studios everywhere, but to fully transform how products are designed, we needed to make the whole workflow simple,\u201d said Stratasys Vice President of Design Shamir Shoham. \u201cAdding KeyShot support in our PolyJet 3D printers adds an additional advantage compared to designers who are only using 3D printing for concept designs and turning to slower and expensive traditional models for detailed designs.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\nLuxion refined the new KeyShot 10 Smart Export functionality to improve the simplicity of 3D printing with Stratasys, working with some of the companies\u2019 shared customers. \u201cWe were able to put automatic UV Unwrapping, baking and file packaging all in one step, allowing easy, fast, and intuitive 3D printing with next generation full CMF printers such as the J55,\u201d said Luxion Vice President of Product and Strategy Derek Cicero. \u201cWe are proud to embrace 3MF with Stratasys as an industry-backed, open format, containing data about colors, textures and other key manufacturing information, making it a huge step up from STL.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n3MF is an increasingly popular open-source file format published by the 3MF Consortium, of which Stratasys is a leading member. The format improves workflow because it includes all model information in one package, even down to voxel level control of the interior and metadata of the model. While other 3D printing companies provide support for the 3MF model, Stratasys is the only company providing a PANTONE-Validated\u2122 full color, multi-material 3D printer that can take full advantage of the 3MF format\u2019s capabilities. In addition to KeyShot, Stratasys also provides 3MF support for a variety of other applications, including SOLIDWORKS\u00ae.\n<\/p>\n

\nMore information on 3D printing with the 3MF format on the J55 and J8 Series printers is available online<\/a>. Priority Designs shared its story on using the new KeyShot functionality in a new online video<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

Stratasys<\/b> is a global leader in additive manufacturing or 3D printing technology and is the manufacturer of FDM\u00ae<\/sup>, PolyJet\u2122, and stereolithography 3D printers. The company\u2019s technologies are used to create prototypes, manufacturing tools, and production parts for industries, including aerospace, automotive, healthcare, consumer products and education. For more than 30 years, Stratasys products have helped manufacturers reduce product-development time, cost, and time-to-market, as well as reduce or eliminate tooling costs and improve product quality. The Stratasys 3D printing ecosystem of solutions and expertise includes 3D printers, materials, software, expert services, and on-demand parts production. Online at: www.stratasys.com<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nTo learn more about Stratasys, visit www.stratasys.com<\/a>, the Stratasys blog<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a>, or Facebook<\/a>. Stratasys reserves the right to utilize any of the foregoing social media platforms, including the company’s websites, to share material, non-public information pursuant to the SEC’s Regulation FD. To the extent necessary and mandated by applicable law, Stratasys will also include such information in its public disclosure filings.\n<\/p>\n

Stratasys, PolyJet Technology, and J55 are trademarks of Stratasys<\/i>Ltd. and\/or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners, and Stratasys assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of these non-Stratasys products. <\/i><\/p>\n

\nAttention Editors, if you publish reader-contact information, please use:\n<\/p>\n