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Using Topology Optimization for an Aircraft Engine Bracket

 How can you reconstruct a topology-optimized object in CAD? And what is the most efficient way to do this? Max van der Kolk, a master’s student at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, wrote his thesis answering these questions.

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE / A DIFFERENCE IN MAKING Opens April 24th at BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts

What is so novel about 3D Printing anyway? And what impact does 3D Printing have on individual lives? What about society? And even larger, the environment? All these questions will be explored at MAKING A DIFFERENCE / A DIFFERENCE IN MAKING, from April 24th to June 7th at the internationally-renowned BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels. Materialise has been working with curator Marta Malé-Alemany to put together this exhibition that looks at 3D Printing with both the eyes of fascination and a deeper observation of its consequences.

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Materialise World Conference Speaker Spotlight: Ilja Laurs on Customizable 3D-Printed Game Characters

The Materialise World Conference is quickly approaching and we would like to have a short series of blogs presenting some of the inspiring speakers who will illustrate ways they share ideas to create meaningful innovations through 3D Printing. Check our schedule to find out when you can see them in person between April 23rd and 25th in Brussels or Leuven. Read more

How Is a 3D-Printed Heart Model Created?

Nearly every week there’s a story in the news about how 3D Printing is revolutionizing personalized health care. 3D software and models can be used to explain a patient’s condition to families, assist in diagnosing complex pathologies, review surgical planning and even test a procedure before physicians enter the operating room. Four-year-old Adaenelie Gonzalez, sixteen-year-old Bradley White, and others have all been helped thanks to this novel technology.

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3D-Printed Jaguar Hits the High Seas

Materialise has 3D printed a cat that is not afraid of water. Recently, a grand model of a jaguar went from Materialise’s Factory for 3D Printing straight to the bow of KISMET, one of the few truly bespoke luxury yachts to hit the water in 2014. Standing at a massive 4 meters long and 2 meters tall, this elegant feline was printed on none other than Materialise’s Mammoth stereolithography machine. It was then given a beautiful coat to give it a graceful aesthetic and protect it from all the natural elements it may encounter on its journeys around the world.

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Magics Helps Realize Gaudì’s Sagrada Familia Dream

The great architect Antoni Gaudí knew the importance of moving from a 2D plane to a 3D one when he was designing his magnum opus, the Sagrada Familia. He knew that by holding something in your hand, you can instantly get a better idea of the way a decorative feature or intricate element would look on a building when compared with a static 2D drawing. That is why since the project’s official start in 1882, Gaudi and his predecessors would often handcraft models of the elaborate building to get a better understanding of the design.

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Materialise CEO Set to Speak about “3D Printing’s Current Killer Apps” at CES

What do the videocassette recorder, compact disc player, high-definition television and blu-ray disc all have in common? They are all products that have become household items after their debut at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES for short).

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3D Printing Helps High School Students Shoot for the Stars

People’s fascination with outer space is one that goes back to the beginning of time. It brings out a sense of wonder in people because of its vastness and beauty. Last summer, four German high school students with the same wonder wanted to know more about our atmosphere. They created a group called Cantucky and built a satellite as part of the “CanSat” competition. The name of the competition says it all: its goal is for high school students to build a satellite the size of a standard beverage can.

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Ready, Set, GO! Slot Car Racing at Euromold 2014

The Materialise Slot Car Championship races over to Germany, a country that’s known around the world for its car manufacturing industry, for one last contest. More specifically, we went to Frankfurt for EuroMold, the world’s leading trade fair for design and application development, moldmaking and tooling.

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Saving a Newborn with 3D Printing

Looks like this story hasn't made it to our blog yet! Read this amazing case of a newborn who was saved thanks to 3D Printing and the Mimics Innovation Suite software.

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