Z-BuildPrep

The Z-BuildPrep is a set of software libraries and tools designed to accelerate the development of 3D Printing build preparation workflow. The Z-BuildPrep libraries are designed to cover various aspects of the pre-print process with functionality such as models loading, mesh diagnostics and repair, support structures generation, nesting, mesh split and merge and many more.

Viewer – high performance interactive and extendable 3D data viewer capable of displaying multi-giga bytes models and complex tray arrangements.
Mesh diagnostics - check any mesh for holes, non-manifold/ naked edges and self-intersections.
Automatic mesh repair - fix inversions, fill holes, unify, extrude surfaces and stitch shells.
DLP support structures – state of the art support structures generator with fully parametric control over the result. Support different types of structures such as beams and trees.
OPF support structures–support structures generator for SLA and Powder-Bed 3D printers using optimized path finding algorithm that saves material and simplify post processing.
Setter support - Setter supports are optimized for Metal Binder Jetting printers. The Setters are detached vertically without causing any damage to the printed part.
Thickness analysis – generate a heatmap according to local thickness and provide warnings for areas violating design rules.
Nesting – advanced 2D and 3D nesting with optimization for both position and rotation for each part.
Mesh cutting - cut meshes with a planar surface or arbitrary path (“polyline”).
Split and merge – split a mesh into connected component and join multiple meshes together.
Mesh hollowing – generate a hollow object with a given wall thickness.
Lattice infill generator – generate a self-supporting parametric lattice structure inside a given mesh (minimize mass while maximizing stiffness).