While Synera already provides a comprehensive automation portfolio for AM build preparation workflows, open, non-manifold or otherwise broken meshes often become an obstacle for full automation. Up to now, mesh repair remains a largely manual processes that can slow down the process significantly.
This changes now: The release of the new Materialise Magics add-in brings advanced mesh inspection and repair into Synera. If you have access to the Magics SDK, you can now include the Magics Mesh Properties and Magics Mesh Repair nodes in your workflows.
The new nodes close a critical gap in full end-to-end automation of AM build processes. Together with integrations for nesting (Inkbit), support generation (Hexagon AM Studio), build process simulation (PanX), machine file generation (EOS Print) and several more process steps, there is little reason for build preparation to remain the tedious, manual process that it once was.
As Johannes Kolb from BMW AG puts it: "Having Materialise's robust AM capabilities integrated into Synera's automation platform means we can now set up and adapt the build preparation to our own workflows to automatically identify and fix common issues. This not only saves hours of tedious manual work but also ensures consistent quality across all projects."
More Mesh Repair Nodes on the Horizon
The two nodes released in this first version of the add-in provide a low-barrier solution to the most common mesh challenges – but Magics SDK users can look forward to even more advanced mesh repair capabilities like shring-wrapping, stitching or filling of larger holes will follow in the upcoming iterations. So if high-volume production or complex geometries give you headaches, moving those manual mesh preparation steps into automated Synera workflows can give you a significant acceleration of the process – combined with the reliability and quality standards needed to scale your operations.
The new Materialise Magics add-in is available now in the Synera Marketplace.
About Materialise
Materialise incorporates more than three decades of 3D printing experience into a range of software solutions and 3D printing services that empower sustainable 3D printing applications. Our open, secure, and flexible end-to-end solutions enable industrial manufacturing and mass personalization in various industries — including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, eyewear, art and design, wearables, and consumer goods. Headquartered in Belgium and with branches worldwide, Materialise combines the largest group of software developers in the industry with one of the world's largest and most complete 3D printing facilities
