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3MF Consortium members elect a brand new government director as 3MF file format adoption accelerates.
NEW YORK, NY, USA, November 10, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — The 3MF Consortium, a company devoted to advancing a common specification for 3D printing, in the present day introduced the appointment of Duann Scott as its new Executive Director. Scott supersedes Luis Baldez, who has served as Executive Director since 2020.
Upon his appointment, Baldez spearheaded the evolution of 3MF from improvement to adoption. During his tenure, the 3MF file format has seen a major improve within the quantity of supported merchandise and buyer use instances. 3MF consciousness throughout the business additionally grew considerably as an consequence of Baldez’s in depth advertising and marketing efforts. Today, 3MF has change into the one viable various to STL as the first format for 3D printing interoperability because of its completeness and extensibility – along with being open supply and backed by business leaders.
“Building upon a strong foundation of technical interoperability, Luis helped users and developers understand the value of adopting 3MF for AM workflows”, mentioned Duann Scott. “Thanks to his leadership, 3MF has grown in awareness, adoption and technical capabilities.”
The appointment of Duann Scott as government director of the 3MF Consortium alerts a renewed dedication to selling interoperability in additive manufacturing.
A longtime member and advocate of 3MF, Scott brings 15 years’ expertise within the additive manufacturing business at service bureaus, software program and {hardware} corporations with roles in business improvement and advertising and marketing. Duann runs the Bits to Atoms consultancy, writes about DfAM, together with working at MIT on additive manufacturing training and additive partnership applications.
“Duann has been a great contributor and champion of the advancement of additive manufacturing and the 3MF standard for a long time,” mentioned Luis Baldez, beforehand government director, 3MF Consortium. “He’s constantly thinking of innovative ways to expand our presence and connect the 3MF Consortium with like-minded individuals. I’m honored to have served as 3MF Executive Director and excited to have Duann continue to lead 3MF adoption and applications in advanced manufacturing.”
The 3MF Consortium has been rising steadily because it was based in 2015, becoming a member of the Linux Foundation in 2020. Backed by the largest names within the design, engineering and manufacturing industries together with Autodesk, Microsoft, HP, PTC, Dassault, Siemens, and Hexagon amongst others and carried out in over 60 merchandise.
The 3MF specification describes an open-source file format for the communication of additive manufacturing knowledge. The specification features a core geometric illustration, to manufacturing, slice, materials properties, beam lattice, safety, and volumetric communication of manufacturing intent.
About the 3MF Consortium
The 3MF Consortium consortium releases and maintains the 3MF specs that permit design and engineering functions to ship full-fidelity 3D fashions and manufacturing knowledge to varied functions, platforms, providers, and printers.
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