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4564 generic principles remove development barriers for a multitude of machine tool verticals - saving
4665 implementers millions of dollars in R&D costs.</ p >
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142- The framework is open source and based on a decade of work done by the 3MF Consortium and the Linux
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145164 < p class ="mt-1.5 text-sm leading-6 text-secondary-500 italic "> Own your code and avoid vendor lock-ins.</ p >
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154- A liberal licensing scheme protects the implementer's process IP. Proprietary deriveratives are explicitely encouraged.
173+ A liberal licensing scheme protects the implementer's process IP. Proprietary derivatives are explicitely encouraged.
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199219 < p class ="text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-300 mb-4 "> The ETH Zurich's Advanced Manufacturing Lab built a novel
200- multi-material LBPF system with rotating recoater and continuous laser processing. A machine taylored
220+ multi-material LPBF system with rotating recoater and continuous laser processing. A machine tailored
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427447 CAD system through the hatching steps directly to the components of the machine control software.
428448 Development timelines shrink from months or even years to days.
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498518 systems of any machine tool. The integrated FEA, Manufacturing and Electronic workspaces allow any
499519 engineering team to efficiently Design and Make their hardware.
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608- The database structure can evolve and migrate with system updates. Machine data and settings are not lost but can continously be accessed from newer versions.
628+ The database structure can evolve and migrate with system updates. Machine data and settings are not lost but can continuously be accessed from newer versions.
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614634 A stable data interface layer makes older versions compatible with new database schemes. This allows the possibility to temporarily downgrade releases or even run multiple development branches on the same machine.
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663- By wrapping proprietary vendor SDKs into driver plugins, the deployment and use of commercial hardware is streamlined and straighforward . The integrated resource management even allows to switch between various versions of an SDK, depending on use case and machine.
683+ By wrapping proprietary vendor SDKs into driver plugins, the deployment and use of commercial hardware is streamlined and straightforward . The integrated resource management even allows to switch between various versions of an SDK, depending on use case and machine.
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685- Developed with git in mind, the framework allows modern CI/CD integration, deployement over package management tools and custom build pipelines.
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728+ Download the source code from Github, run < span class ="italic "> build_clean_win64.bat</ span > , and make your first machine control software within a few days.
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732+ Your Windows development environment should host < a href ="https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/ "> Visual Studio</ a > , < a href ="https://cmake.org/ "> CMake</ a > , < a href ="https://go.dev/ "> Go</ a > and < a href ="https://git-scm.com/ "> git</ a > .
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736+ If you are considering to use the software in your commercial or academic machine project, the maintainers are happy to meet and advise you in person. Connect with us at < a href ="mailto:amcf@autodesk.com "> amcf@autodesk.com</ a > .
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803+ Besides Autodesk, there is a growing community of individuals and companies contributing to this project. To enrich the ecosystem, some third parties are offering consulting services to adapt the code to your specific machine technology needs.
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