Featured Resources

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  Stratasys Software Curriculum

  Download 3D printing inspires students to use their creativity and turn their ideas into real, tangible objects. This curriculum provides a helpful resource for classrooms using Stratasys 3D printers, providing an even more meaningful learning experience. Get the most out of your Stratasys 3D printers with Stratasys software! This curriculum is organized into two sections: GrabCAD Print: 3D printing software that simplifies the traditional 3D print preparation workflow and provides intelligence around printer usage so that your team can get quality prints, faster, saving you both time and money. GrabCAD Shop: 3D printing shop management software that helps students submit their print requests while offering an easy-to-use dashboard for lab instructors to organize orders by project, course or class. Each section covers how to use our software for FDM 3D printing, PolyJet 3D printing and 3D printing management. Recommended for: Grades 9 – 12 Higher Education

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  Design for Additive Manufacturing with PolyJet

  This PolyJet design guide aims to help designers produce quality and cost-effective parts on Stratasys PolyJet 3D systems. The guide provides information for both new and experienced users. The topics covered in this guide describe tools and methods for optimizing design features, strength, and durability of printed parts, and ensuring that the parts meet your expectations. It provides best practices and tips on designing for additive manufacturing, and examples of how to take advantage of Stratasys unique features to get the most out of your PolyJet printer, while minimizing printing costs and post-processing issues. Download You can also visit the Stratasys Support Center to download the guide in other languages.

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  How Much You Can Save Using GrabCAD Shop

  We launched a new product back in late 2019 called GrabCAD Shop. The idea was simple. We wanted to build a solution to make the 3D printing work order management process better—less manual, more integrated, and more cost effective. Now, GrabCAD Shop is the only 3D printing work order management software on the market. It’s the only solution built specifically for 3D print shops. It’s proven to streamline 3D printing workflows, easy to set up with little to no IT involvement, and secure. Despite all that, we still get questions like this: “How much will GrabCAD Shop really save me?” Download There are several ways GrabCAD Shop can save you both time and money—but if you’re here, you’re probably not convinced yet. If that’s the case, this whitepaper is for you. In this whitepaper, we explain 4 of the biggest ways GrabCAD Shop can save you: GrabCAD Shop saves you time. And time is money! GrabCAD Shop helps cut material costs. GrabCAD Shop lowers your risk when 3D printing patented products. GrabCAD Shop is more cost effective than other management solutions. But that’s not all — we also discuss how the cost and savings of our software stack up against […]

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  Webinar Series: Design for FDM

  Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is an additive manufacturing technology that extrudes thin layers of thermoplastic layer by layer until a part is completed. This cutting-edge technology is used across industries like aerospace, transportation for production components and energy. In this three-part pre-recorded webinar series, you’ll learn how to apply design for additive manufacturing recommendations when using FDM technology, taking advantage of Stratasys’ unique applications. Part 1: The Basics Topics in this webinar include: File resolution Orientation Slice height and toolpath Watch part 1 Part 2: FDM Design Considerations Topics in this webinar include: Self-Supporting Design Sectioning Parts Assemblies / Moving Parts Watch part 2 Part 3: Advanced FDM Topics in this webinar include: Infill Variable Density Parts Single Bead Structures Watch part 3 Designing for FDM Want to learn even more about designing for FDM? Check out our in-depth tutorial on FDM Design Guidelines. This tutorial will give you a foundation of what to consider when designing and printing a part for FDM. You can also receive even more training by visiting Stratasys Academy.

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  Webinar: GrabCAD Shop is the Work Order Management Solution for 3D Printing Shops

  Watch the webinar This webinar gives you an in-depth look at the current problems a typical 3D printing shop faces managing and fulfilling work orders. Problems such as: Juggling multiple applications to track requests, costs, job statuses Communicating and collaborating across a number of different platforms and email threads Uploading part files using shared (and unsecured) cloud services or thumb drives We then demonstrate how our 3D printing shop management software, GrabCAD Shop, solves all these common problems — while also improving your 3D printing shop workflow: Get status updates in one place Manage multiple file types in one location Communicate and collaborate seamlessly on one platform Collect and organized important project information 15% of a typical 3D printing shop’s week is wasted tracking down order requirements and communicating statuses between engineers, designers and operators. Watch this webinar to learn how GrabCAD Shop not only eliminates these problems, but helps you manage your 3D printing shop workflow even better. Watch the webinar

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  Using GrabCAD Shop to Streamline 3D Printing in Schools

  Download the case study Jefferson County Schools, located in Golden, Colorado, offers additive manufacturing programs with the goal to prepare students for the industry. Matthew Brown is the S2TEM Instructor who has been teaching the programs for over 17 years. When the program first started, one 3D printer was enough to handle the print requests. However, as the program grew in popularity, so did the requests and printer usage. Brown soon realized he needed a solution to help him manage the multiple additive manufacturing project requests he received across the schools. GrabCAD Shop became that solution. Read this customer success story to learn how GrabCAD Shop both helps Brown manage the multiple 3D printing requests, and also how it helps students prepare for a future in additive manufacturing. Download the success story

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  The Ultimate Guide to Starting and Running Your Internal 3D Printing Shop

  When was the last time you processed a new work order and thought, Wow, that was easy? It’s probably no secret to you that running an internal 3D printing shop and managing orders isn’t always a walk in the park—there are frustrations and inefficiencies for you, the shop operator, and for the engineers and designers who order from you. Those challenges can take many forms, but the bottom line is this: the current (typical) workflow for internal shops is too manual. We estimated all the waste this process causes and, for the average shop of one operator and about ten engineers and designers, as much as $15,000 and 10-20% of the operator’s time gets wasted on inefficient order management. When you look at all the pains, challenges, and waste inherent in the typical shop management process, it’s obvious there has to be a better way. And that’s where an internal work order management solution comes into play—a solution like GrabCAD Shop. This whitepaper offers everything you need to know about our cloud-based production management software, GrabCAD Shop, and how to start and run your own internal shop, including: How GrabCAD Shop benefits internal 3D printing model shops, university and high […]

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  GrabCAD Print: The Features

  GrabCAD Print simplifies the traditional 3D print preparation workflow and provides intelligence around printer usage so that your team can get quality prints, faster, saving you both time and money. The following features brochure highlights all the new capabilities that GrabCAD Print brings to the 3D printing software world, including: Advanced FDM Advanced PolyJet GrabCAD Print and GrabCAD Shop integration Check it out here and let us know what you think. Download the brochure