Ann Arbor (MI), January 28, 2008. The US office of Materialise NV, world leader in software development for the Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (RP&M) industry, has successfully organized an open house seminar at its premises in California, USA on Wednesday January 23rd, 2008.

The seminar was open to all RP users who aim to improve their effectiveness in 3D Prototyping. The goal of the open house was to bring attendees up to speed with the new Magics solutions and to focus on how Magics can save both time and money. Magics is software for RP&M professionals that offers a wide range of tools to efficiently build high quality prototypes. Steve Griffiths, RP&M Software Manager, started off the seminar by presenting the worldwide trends in the use of Magics. His presentation focused on Magics’ pioneering work in numerous RP applications and the key role Materialise plays in the RP&M industry as a whole.

e-Stage, Materialise’ new, fully automated and revolutionary technology for support generation was discussed by Sven Faulconer. e-Stage automates the work preparation process when supporting SLA parts by eliminating manual editing. The software also optimizes the build process and significantly cuts finishing time by generating its unique support structure.

The final topic at the open house seminar was Magics e-RP, software for digital RP planning. Jon Moss talked about how Magics e-RP streamlines and automates the entire RP&M process, from order follow-up and data preparation, over platform scheduling and machine monitoring, to production planning and part tracking.

About Materialise

With its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium and branches all over the world, the Materialise Group is best known for its activities in the field of rapid industrial and medical prototyping. Apart from having the largest capacity of rapid prototyping equipment in Europe, Materialise enjoys a worldwide reputation as provider of innovative software solutions. As such, Materialise has acquired the position of market leader for 3D printing and Digital CAD software in addition to being a major player in medical and dental image processing and surgery simulation. Its medical and dental products are used worldwide by famous hospitals, research institutes and clinicians. The group has several subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and the USA, and employs over 600 people in its 4 divisions.

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