The annual SOLIDWORKS World event landed in Los Angeles, California earlier this month and along with it, a mass of product updates and a call for an industrial renaissance. As the whooping and cheering commenced for the latest updates from the Dassault Systèmes‘ company – only at a software conference do you get this level of enthusiasm at 8am – so too did the excitement for new technologies from partners in the wider 3D ecosystem.
Based solely on the number of press conferences I attended during day one, 3D printing was big news at SWW18 with the likes of Stratasys, 3D Systems and Desktop Metal, each bringing something new to the table. After three days, I left LA, head spinning with the possibilities of design and manufacture. Now the buzz has cooled down (as have I, after the novelty of sun in the middle of February), here are a few takeaways from the four-day software mecca.
