Manufacturing & Fabrication Technical Articles and Resources
Customer Interview: Schott System with Gunther Wamser
Spatial Team | 28-04-2026
Gunther Wamser, who joined Schott Systeme around 2000 as a software developer and took on the Managing Director role in January 2025, opened with a look back at the company's origins. Founded in 1983 ...
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What are SLDPRT & SLDASM files and How are They Used in Additive Manufacturing?
Since launching in 1995, SolidWorks has emerged as a widely adopted computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided ...
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Why Your Apps Should Move to Support SLDPRT
Since its introduction in the 1980s, IGES (short for “Initial Graphics Exchange Specification) was the main computer ...
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How to Fully Leverage CAD in the Additive Manufacturing Process
The main phases involved in additive manufacturing are that of design and the manufacturing process. Practically, the ...
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Innovative Uses of Additive Manufacturing
The use of additive manufacturing software components is growing in high-tech industries. According to the market ...
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Additive Manufacturing Technology and How SDKs Can Help
In our interview with Spatial’s Director of Product Management, Ray Bagley, we discuss how 3D printing and additive ...
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Subtractive vs. Additive Manufacturing
With additive manufacturing - such as 3D printing - growing in adoption, especially in high-tech industries such as ...
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STL File Problems: Common Problems Identified in the STL File Healing Process
When coming from a standard format, very often that data has to be repaired or improved, and Spatial does that as part ...
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The Powerful Combo of Water and 3D
For those of you not familiar with waterjet machining, this is an industrial tool that is capable of cutting a variety ...
