The added Vivid Color Package allows for over 500,000 colors to be implemented compared to the default.

Stratasys has launched its innovative PolyJet 3D printing solution, which offers new possibilities for traditional 3D printed prototyping with exceptional realism and vivid color.

The newly added Vivid Color Package offers over 500,000 colors, an increase over the previous version. With highly accurate color matching and texture implementation on transparent parts, it enables the production of highly realistic rototypes that function and look like finished products on PolyJet-based systems. Costly post-processing steps like painting and assembly can be omitted, and highly reliable parts can be repeatedly produced with the same quality, significantly reducing prototyping time.

Additionally, GrabCAD Print software support has been expanded to improve workflows for the Connex3 3D printer, enabling functional prototyping for ABS-grade plastic simulation and tear-resistant rubber material part testing.

“The new vivid color solution offered by the J750 3D printer allows us to produce prototypes of transparent covers for rear lights in a wide range of colors and with exceptionally realistic details,” said Reinhard Schiechel and Tim Spiering from the Audi Model Shop and 3D Printing Center. "A transparent, multi-color prototype that closely replicates the final product in a single print can significantly reduce the time and cost required for each design process. This allows for more testing, freeing up time to refine the overall design, significantly accelerating product launch times," he said.

The newly featured J750 3D printer is designed to support prototyping across a wide range of industries, from automotive to consumer goods, research, and education. Utilized across all stages of prototyping, from design verification and functionality testing to fit/form testing, the J750 can simulate parts in full color, across a wide range of colors and textures, from rigid to flexible, transparent to opaque.

VeroYelloV and VeroMagentaV materials offer enhanced red/orange/yellow hues for next-level translucency, making them an optimal solution for a variety of prototypes used in automotive lighting, housing and consumer goods, and are available for the J750 3D Printer and Connex3 3D Printer families.

“One of the biggest challenges designers and manufacturers face with 3D printed prototypes is that they aren’t of a quality that can be used in the field,” said Rich Garrity, president of Stratasys Americas. The Stratasys J750 3D Printer is designed to address these challenges,” he explained. “With the GrabCAD Print solution, we are building an enhanced 3D printing process that will enable manufacturers to create more precise and easier prototypes, shortening the entire design process.”

Award-winning stop-motion animation company LAIKA leveraged Stratasys PolyJet technology to create natural-looking facial expressions for characters in the films “Coraline” and “Kubo and the Two Strings.” “The Stratasys J750 3D Printer allowed us to repeatedly produce dimensionally accurate parts,” said Brian McLean, Laika RP Director. “Combined with the advanced color and voxel-level control of the software, we were able to achieve a level of detail and subtlety in the animation expressions that was previously impossible.”

Meanwhile, Stratasys has expanded GrabCAD Print software support for its PolyJet 3D printers, extending from the J750 to the Connex3 line. Designers can now 3D print directly from native CAD formats, reducing the time required to convert and edit STL files. A new feature, VRML file 3D printing, allows for more realistic textures, images, and graphics to be applied to parts. Detailed previews of models, trays, and slices also help reduce the time required for final 3D printing.