Materialize earlier this week announced their latest update to their 3-matic STL software. Version 9.0 features several additions which includes all of the following:


  • New rendering with a ruler to allow faster manipulation and visualization of models
  • Automatic rib pattern
  • 2D UV page for easy positioning of the 2D texture
  • Slice-based texturing
  • Randomized porous structures
  • Point-based patterning
  • Conformal structures following the geometry of the 3D model


More details on this update can be found here: http://3dprint.com/11522/materialise-3-matic-stl-9-0/

Have you tried Materialises latest version of 3-matic out yet? Let's hear your thoughts.