Designers are trained to create parts with traditional production technologies in mind, which can limit creativity and innovation. Today, production parts are either stamped, molded, cast or machined. By providing engineers and designers with a completely new way to design and manufacture parts, Siemens is helping them reimagine the next generation of products. Companies can create unique, better performing designs with significantly increased strength/weight ratios and apply advanced integrated simulation and analysis technology to predict design performance. This new transformative technology will help increase design innovation.

"In order to make additive manufacturing a true industrial production process, manufacturers need to have seamless digital integration across design, production and automation, including control and monitoring of machine performance," said Joachim Hoedtke, CEO, Hoedtke GmbH & Co. KG, an innovator in additive manufacturing and Siemens customer. "Siemens is bringing together multiple software tools with new technologies focused on additive manufacturing to help companies accomplish this goal."

The new additive manufacturing solution will include Siemens' NX™ software, an integrated computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE) solution, the newly announced Simcenter portfolio, a robust suite of simulation software and test solutions, Teamcenter software, the world's most widely used digital lifecycle management system, and SIMATIC IT Unified Architecture Discrete Manufacturing and SIMATIC WinCC, two elements of Siemens' recognized Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) portfolio for production execution and manufacturing automation.

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