Aura

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Once we started a topic of modeling and prototyping, let us see in detail how anisoprinting goes hand in hand with topological optimization.

Aura, a proprietary slicing software, incorporates a wide range of useful features. Along with the basic function of slicing a model into printing layers, it allows to adjust the inner structures, patterns, and fiber layout inside the future part.

It is a design tool for 3D printed composites that helps to maximize their advantages: processing ergonomic shapes, ability to design light weight structures, manufacturing time control, etc. The inner structure of the part can contain extra reinforcement areas of your choice, see a topologically optimized internal grid below.

This is also a way to use anisotropy in a right manner in a right place: the UI functionality allows to choose fiber layout patterns that have a required direction according to the applied loads.

Of course Aura contains sets of printing parameters — profiles. They help to create high-quality products with a reliable structure and good-looking finish within a reasonable amount of time. The parameters in the profiles are numerous: different materials (plastics and fiber), different infills, structures, temperatures, speeds, cooling, etc. make the profiles fine-tuned instrument for both novice and advanced users, but this is a topic for a whole new story.

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