What does the additive design software with fool-like operation and automatic lattice generation look like?|

As a mature additive manufacturing method, one of the reasons why 3D printing is favored is that it can directly print products and parts with complex structures, and the basis behind this is the lattice structure of additive manufacturing.
This lattice structure makes the printed products have many characteristics such as light weight, low cost, shock absorption, energy transfer, adjustable various mechanical properties, so it is widely used in footwear, aerospace, medical, industrial, consumer goods and other industries. Unique advantage.
Anyone who knows mechanics knows that there are thousands of lattices in the lattice library. In order to obtain the ideal product and output a product solution that can be used in batch additive manufacturing, when selecting a lattice, it is necessary to consider the printing material, printing process and the mechanical structure generated by the internal lattice.
At present, most of the lattice design software on the market have limitations, such as too few lattice types, problems with the quality of the generated unit cells, unsatisfactory effects, and high thresholds for software operation. Chemical designers and 3D printing pure whites are very unfriendly.
To this end, Qingfeng has launched a lattice model automatic generation platform for additive manufacturing - LuxStudio (login address: //studio.luxcreo.cn), which can not only realize the automatic generation of various structural lattices, but also A "fool-style" general-purpose operating software with low threshold and no configuration choices.

Universal in all scenarios, thin shell design is not limited

How can LuxStudio be equally applicable in different application scenarios? "This is the question that Qingfeng engineers have been thinking about when they originally designed the lattice library.
Qingfeng specially formulated five indicators of "rebound", "strength", "lightweight", "structural stability" and "printability", and conducted linear and non-linear analysis on tens of thousands of lattices. Linear simulation;
Finally, 16 lattice structures that can be applied to different scenarios and different printing processes were selected, including regular rod diameters, Thiessen polygons, and extremely small surfaces, which are suitable for shoe industry, industry, fine medical treatment, aerospace, and most 3D printing. application scenarios.
We also briefly introduce the advantages of the three lattice structures of regular rod diameter, Thiessen polygon and minimal surface in design.

01► Regular rod diameter
A regular lattice structure. By adjusting the thickness and size of the rod diameter, the surface looks more regular, and at the same time, it is easier to do mechanical structure analysis in combination with force, which can be used for complex application printing in footwear, aerospace, medical, industrial and other industries.
02► Minimal Surface
Refers to a surface with an average curvature of 0. It has a stronger energy exchange function. This structure is generally stable and suitable for product design that requires heat conduction and energy conduction. It can be used for application printing in aerospace, automotive, industrial parts such as radiators and other fields.
03► Thiessen Polygon

A set of continuous polygons consisting of vertical bisectors connecting two adjacent point line segments. Because it can extend more possibilities, it is suitable for product design with uncertain surface shape, and meets designers' requirements for product appearance and shape, and can be used for application printing in jewelry, architecture and other fields.
"In addition, LuxStudio has a core advantage of "completely unlimited thin shell design".
In the process of additive design, many products on the market have a strong demand for "thinness". For example, a customized mobile phone case needs to be hollowed out and thin to make it feel good; another example is the surface case of a drone, which requires a complex hollowed-out structure to install other components inside, and also needs to meet the requirements of flying. Quantitative "demand, so the case must be "thinner".
However, to achieve such a lightweight design, the thickness of the model may be less than 1 lattice. At this time, filling the surface becomes a difficult problem, and there are few software on the market that can do it.
In response to this situation, Qingfeng's LuxStudio solution breaks through the shape limitation, realizes the "thin shell" design by making the surface into a mesh shape, while ensuring the contour characteristics of the original model, and finally achieves the purpose of overall weight reduction. Qingfeng users in Hong Kong, Singapore, France and other places have quite praised the function.

Cloud computing power does not choose configuration, fool-like operation Xiaobai is easy to get started

Anyone who has been exposed to lattice design software should know that the lattice generation algorithm is very complex. If you want to achieve high-precision, high-quality printing, and restore the product ratio and functionality to 1:1, the number of lattices required is quite "scary"; in addition, the smaller the lattice, the more features, to achieve High-precision printing requires a huge amount of computation.
If it is a computer with ordinary configuration, the graphics card and CPU must not be able to bear such a large load. Even a computer with high memory and high configuration requires a certain amount of computing time. Take our 3D printed cervical spine pillow as an example, the number of triangular meshes (mesh) contained is as high as tens of millions. With LuxStudio, it is completely free from the limitation of computer configuration, and the lattice can be completed in tens of seconds or even a few seconds. generate.
The biggest reason is that we moved LuxStudio to the cloud, which does not require user configuration, and only needs to log in to //studio.luxcreo.cn to use it.
The lattice generation algorithm is undertaken by Qingfeng's own server, presenting the computing power server in front of ordinary users, reducing the user's threshold for use.
Moreover, LuxStudio is completely "fool-like" operation, even designers and novice users who do not understand parameter design can use it. The operation is enough "dumb" module. The LuxStudio platform is built on the web page, and the operations are all presented in one view page. Each function is made into a separate module, and operations such as generation, printing, parameter adjustment, etc. can be selected without jumping. In terms of user interaction, text input is reduced, and all personalization operations can be achieved with one mouse click/drag. Each lattice model is designed with detailed lattice explanations, including the achievable effects of the lattice, and the properties of the lattice in terms of "springback", "strength", "lightweight", "structural stability", "applicability". The index advantage of five dimensions of "printability" helps designers and novice users who do not know the lattice structure and parameters to "complete the design by themselves", use 3D printing to label their products, and put personalized and customized products. Innovative design "real landing".

Product experience and policy

Qingfeng will offer two versions of LuxStudio this year.
One is for engineers, students, and 3D printing enthusiasts, and it has more advanced functions than the trial version.
The other is the industrial localization version, which is suitable for enterprises, universities, and scientific research institutions. A mature application of medium and large-scale, batch design, the platform has accumulated a very rich parameter library, and Qingfeng can also customize the support style according to the user's application to help the printing success.