(AIM3D: Rostock, Germany) -- Mapping a 3D printing process as a continuous digital process chain, from the component design through production and post-processing, is the logical consequence of a digital additive manufacturing strategy.

This objective, as set by AIM3D, has been taken up by the Naddcon research and development center in Lichtenfels, Germany, which specializes in additive manufacturing. The main task of the partnership with AIM3D was to embed a classic, industrial design tool into the process chain—in this case, the Siemens NX package. The NX tool contains extensive CAD, CAM, and CAE solutions already used for the conventional manufacturing of components in the machining industry. Naddcon integrated an ExAM 255 from AIM3D into the NX environment to make the 3D CEM system accessible as a digital 3D machining system.

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