Dec 3, 2014
Earlier this year, Autodesk announced its consumer 3D printer at the MakerCon conference in California, along with an open-software 3D printing platform called 'Spark' that will connect digital information to 3D printers in a new way. The company invites the entire 3D printing community to collaborate, build and improve the platform, its associated Ember 3D printer and materials.
On Tuesday Autodesk has announced that they are opening up its Ember 3D printer to "explorers", by taking orders via its Ember Explorer Program. Qualified approved Explorers will be able to purchase the Ember Explorer package, including "the early build SLA DLP-based Ember 3D printer, Ember Explorer supplies, Ember Explorer finishing kit, exclusive access to dedicated technical support, information and events, and the option to provide direct feedback and impact the final production of the Ember printer."
Ember 3D printer was built from the ground up to maximize the power and flexibility of the Spark platform. It features 10 micron layer thickness and 100 micron minimum feature size. To contribute to the evolution of 3D printing, Autodesk will also make its CAD designs and initial material formulations for Ember publicly available in the future.
Interested individuals can request an "Access Pass" from Autodesk here. The The price of the Ember Explorer package is $5,995, and Early Build Ember 3D printers are scheduled to begin shipping in early 2015.
Autodesk's Spark is an open software platform to support 3D printing that will give developers access to major pieces of the code and APIs. In the past several month, Autodesk has been expanding its partnerships with software, hardware and material suppliers. HP is one of the lastest company working together with Autodesk. HP is adopting Spark to integrate it with HP's newly announced Multi Jet Fusion platform.
"Spark provides the building blocks for hardware manufacturers, software developers and materials scientists to continue to explore the limits of 3D printing technology. This helps open the innovation potential of the Multi Jet Fusion printer by allowing users to access a rich palette of sophisticated tools such as constraint based design to create and produce output with many types of materials and properties at once." writes Autodesk.
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HP playing catch up :)
some guy wrote at 12/3/2014 7:25:18 PM:
too much.
jd90 wrote at 12/3/2014 6:14:34 PM:
OK, that looks nice, but seems pretty expensive compared to other open designs. I really can't tell what makes this better, worth the difference, I wish they'd communicate that better.