Articles by Mark Dolinar

Curous about the Digital Forge and what it is? The Digital Forge represents a platform that combines printer hardware, material, and software to help you create high-quality end-use parts directly on your Markforged 3D printer.

The software developed by Markforged is much more than just a standard slicing tool when working with a 3D printed part. It also helps:

• Organize your part inventory
• Track the usage of material
• Maintain the status of your printer fleet
• And can even perform quality inspection reports following a build

Additive manufacturing has changed the way that we think about part design and production. The constant innovation of printing technologies and materials is allowing us to continuously print stronger end-use parts. Though additive manufacturing allows for the creation of parts once deemed impossible to produce, design guides should be followed to ensure a part's ultimate success.

Just like in traditional manufacturing processes – like machining or injection molding – small changes to a part design can drastically increase the strength, durability, and surface finish of a part. Below is a set of steps that are extremely helpful to use when designing a part for additive manufacturing on a Marforged 3D printer.

Have you ever wondered what the difference between a Weld Bead and a Weld Fillet is in SOLIDWORKS? Both methods allow the user to define welds inside of a 3D part. The decision between the two generally comes up when you're using the Weldments tool and needing to add a new weld around a joint.

Utilizing SOLIDWORKS Display States enables users to quickly save different visual representations of their models in one convenient location.

SOLIDWORKS Visualize has been proven to be an extremely effective tool that allows designers and creators to quickly create photo-realistic renderings of their design concepts. Many designs are created with several versions, however, and SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional makes it extremely easy for a designer to quickly create multiple different concepts of their end design.