Stratasys integrates Novineer’s NoviPath into GrabCAD Print Professional

Stratasys has partnered with generative design and simulation firm Novineer to combine its NoviPath resolution into GrabCAD Print Professional.

The combination, Stratasys says, will allow a sooner, less expensive method to design lighter, stronger components with predictable efficiency. It must also scale back the necessity for bodily testing for safety-critical, load-bearing purposes.

Novineer’s expertise will use GrabCAD toolpath knowledge to simulate half behaviour in real-world purposes. By accounting for construct orientation, layer course, infill patterns and material-specific properties, early prospects have reported weight reductions of as much as 35% on load-bearing components.

Conventional finite aspect evaluation instruments deal with 3D printed components as uniform items, ignoring the layer-by-layer nature of fabric extrusion. This will make it harder for engineers to precisely predict how extruded components will carry out in real-world purposes. Now, Stratasys and Novineer say customers can count on correct predictions of stiffness, energy, and failure behaviour.

NoviPath works with GrabCAD Print Professional, permitting customers to launch simulations utilizing the identical toolpath knowledge that will likely be used to print FDM components. Engineers can outline application-specific load instances and security elements, establish probably failure areas, and iterate nearly till they meet efficiency necessities – all whereas staying inside the Stratasys software program atmosphere. Preliminary assist is predicted for Stratasys FDM techniques, together with the F3300, F900, and Fortus 450mc, with a roadmap for added platform growth. The combination will supply a pre-validated materials library, beginning with Antero 800NA, FDM Nylon 12CF and ULTEM 9085 filament, with ongoing additions deliberate.

“Partnering with Stratasys embeds NoviPath’s toolpath-aware half simulation into GrabCAD Print Professional, bridging the hole between design intent and real-world half efficiency,” stated Ali Tamijani, Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder, Novineer, Inc. “Stratasys customers can now predict stiffness, energy, and failure earlier than they hit ‘print,’ chopping trial-and-error, time, and price whereas qualifying extra FDM™ components. As the primary OEM to launch this distinctive resolution, Stratasys is redefining what materials extrusion can ship in a manufacturing setting.”

“Engineers typically over-design FDM components or depend on trial-and-error testing as a result of they don’t have a straightforward and accessible simulation resolution to foretell half efficiency,” added Victor Gerdes, Vice President, Software program, Stratasys. “Integrating Novineer’s simulation with GrabCAD Print Professional lets engineers predict how FDM components will behave earlier than printing the components, saving time and prices. It’s a whole, validated workflow for polymer extrusion that no different 3D printer producer gives as we speak.”

FDM Efficiency Simulation in GrabCAD Print Professional is deliberate to be out there in a joint Stratasys & Novineer early entry pilot program in Q2 of 2026.