PTC_Creo_3.0_M060 Almost every manufacturing segment you can imagine is embracing additive manufacturing these days. Aerospace, medical devices, consumer products, and many others use the technology because it can be a fast, inexpensive way to produce prototypes, tooling, and even production pieces. With the recent announcement that PTC and Stratasys are now working together to make CAD the integration between CAD software and 3D printing (or additive manufacturing) technology will help shape the future of manufacturing in the next five years as more designers and engineers embrace the new technology. But we still have a few barriers to overcome, says Danny Weber, Vice President, Strategy and Strategic Alliances at Stratasys. Stratasys, a leading With 3D printing (or more correctly, additive manufacturing), product developers have new options for prototyping, tooling, sourcing, and even producing parts. But with all these new options come new requirements for modeling. As engineers design products that will be manufactured via 3D printing, they need to know whether the model will survive the printing process -