Autodesk to offer open platform software for 3D printing
The 3D design software giant looks to push 3D printing forward with its own 3D printer and Spark software to run it.
This week, Autodesk president and CEO Carl Bass wrote a blog post about accelerating the future of 3D printing, commenting that for years he has "been fascinated by the promise and frustrated by the reality of 3D printing".
So, addressing both issues, Autodesk has annouced Spark, an open platform software for 3D printing, which Bass comments will "make it more reliable yet simpler to print 3D models". Autodesk will also be introducing a 3D printer to serve as a reference implementation for Spark.
The software will be open and freely licensable to hardware manufacturers and others who are interested. The design of the 3D printer will also be made publicly available to allow further development.
Want to know more? Visit the dedicated Spark section of the Autodesk website.
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Kerrie Hughes is a frequent contributor to Creative Bloq, and was once its editor. One of the original CB crew, Kerrie joined the team back in 2013 after moving from her role as staff writer on 3D World. Since then she's written regularly for other creative publications such as ImagineFX, Computer Arts and Digital Camera World. After a stint working for the police, Kerrie is back reviewing creative tech for creative professionals.