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• Independent CAD shapes—simply create, resize and reposition primitive solid shapes in any part of a mesh
• Constraints 2.0—save, edit and refit conditions and relations specified for each primitive at any time, and base new constraints on ones imposed in previous sessions
• Mesh splitting—quickly and precisely break mesh into manageable chunks using a pre-fitted plane, for further 3D printing
• Improved segment brush—easily change the size of the selected region dynamically with the segmentation sen- sitivity slider.
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Artec 3D: www.artec3d.com
Xometry Introduces
Digital Sourcing
Tools on
Thomasnet.com and
New Cloud-Based
MES for Suppliers
Xometry, Inc., a global online market- place connecting enterprise buyers with suppliers of manufacturing services, has unveiled new digital sourcing tools on Thomasnet.com for enterprise buyers, and a new cloud-based manufacturing execution system (MES) for suppliers, which will be open to third-party developers to build integrated applications.
During an online event, “Xometry Mar- ketplace Summit: Powering Tomorrow’s Supply Chain,” CEO Randy Altschuler detailed how the Xometry instant-quoting engine, job board and financial-services features from the Xometry Marketplace
now are fully integrated into the Thomas- net.com platform. He also introduced the new Industrial Buying Engine that digitizes the RFQ process, condensing to just hours or minutes what once took days to com- plete and helping enterprise customers source and purchase from the more than 500,000 suppliers on Thomasnet.com.
Also introduced: Workcenter, a cen-
tralized project-management and payment solution that gives suppliers a one-stop view into all of their Xometry and non- Xometry work. With Workcenter, shop owners can build and manage workflows for all of their projects, quote new projects, assign tasks to team members, and track project status.
Xometry: www.xometry.com
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