Get your FREE print subscription to TCT Magazine.Well overall it is really lightweight application, not the fastest around but still, has a lot of tools that other packages dont. Want to discuss? Join the conversation on the Additive Manufacturing Global Community Discord. “Giving design teams of any size and budget an opportunity to take advantage of it has been our vision since inception, as we believe it will be good for everyone.” “Experience and insight put us in a position to dramatically increase access to the technology and invite a much broader swath of Autodesk users to see what’s possible with generative design,” commented Stephen Hooper, VP and General Manager of Autodesk Fusion 360. We’ve been doing all the work to get to this point and we’re really excited to announce this as a major change in how we provide access.” “Whatever the case is, we want to make sure that every designer or engineer has the ability to leverage this technology when they see fit. “We’ve been working really hard to make sure that every engineer can use this as a tool in their toolbox when they have a problem that they need to solve and they need the aid of the computer to do it,” Autodesk Senior Product Line Manager Brian Frank told TCT. Now, the company expects the user base to grow significantly. Yet the previous cost of Autodesk’s generative design offering has meant many companies have been unable to adopt or have had to limit access to individuals.

Using computational algorithms, generative design harnesses a series of design goals, performance and spatial requirements, manufacturing methods, materials and cost constraints to explore all possible permutations and generate a series of design alternatives. Autodesk says it has always been an aspiration to offer generative design technology at a more affordable cost.

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