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Accordingly, Atlas 3D is included in Siemens Digital Industries Software, and through this acquisition, Siemens is able to strengthen the additive manufacturing capabilities of its Xcelerator software portfolio.

Atlas 3D, located in Plymouth, Indiana, USA, provides design engineers with the technology to automatically generate the optimal printing direction and support structures required for additive parts in near real-time in conjunction with DMLS (Direct Metal Laser Sintering) printers.

Atlas 3D’s Sunata™ software provides a simple automation method to optimize part output orientation and create support structures using thermal distortion analysis.

By applying this approach, design engineers can conduct simulations, and SiemensWith Simcenter™ software, the workload for downstream analysis to verify whether parts meet design conditions can also be reduced.

By meeting Sunata with Simcenter's powerful CAE additive manufacturing tools, companies can implement an industrial 3D printing approach that enables right first time printing.

Siemens plans to offer Atlas 3D solutions through the online Additive Manufacturing Network.

"The biggest reason companies are unable to adopt additive manufacturing for mass production is the high failure rate of 3D printing," said a Siemens official. "Parts must be designed and analyzed multiple times before the optimal part printing direction and support structure are determined, but design engineers generally lack the ability to consider part orientation, thermal deformation, and maintaining a uniform temperature during the design process, so specialized engineers must take responsibility for resolving these issues."

Atlas 3D's Sunata software provides a fast and easy automation solution that enables advanced design engineers to successfully print on the first try from the start. Sunata is a GPU-accelerated high-performance computing additive manufacturing software solution that provides results 100 times faster than other solutions currently on the market.

Siemens' acquisition of Atlas 3D is scheduled to be completed in November, but details regarding the acquisition have not yet been disclosed.

"As part of Siemens, our goal is to enable not only companies that have not yet experienced additive manufacturing but also customers already using Siemens' AM solutions to experience a new level of efficiency in additive manufacturing design processes by introducing the front-end Sunata," said Chad Barden, CEO of Atlas 3D.

Siemens Digital Industries Software's accelerator portfolio supports companies of all sizes in creating and utilizing digital twins that realize the insights, opportunities, and automation needed to drive innovation.