Company Autodesk intervention 3D printer market

Autodesk Autodesk announced Wednesday announced its entry into the printer market three-dimensional , and it detects a new printer platform dedicated for this purpose called it " Spark " Spark.

The detection of new products , Carl Bass , chief executive of the company specialized in the field of three-dimensional modeling software , during the conference , " Meeker universe " MakerCon held , California, USA .

The company did not disclose the details of the new prices Tabatha directly , but said in its publication on her blog that both the printer and the platform will be available later this year , Bass also said that the price would be in the range of $ 5,000 .

The printer company relies on Autodesk's new technique , " Three-dimensional modeling " that creates objects using laser beams , which converts plastics material liquid to solid .

This technique differs from what is known as " extrusion " Extrusion Technique is the most commonly used techniques by the current three-dimensional printers , which involves the construction of objects by pressing molten plastic from a small nozzle .

With that technique , " Three-dimensional modeling " more complicated in execution , but they give outputs are as Ossal and more complex and detailed , according to the company.

In addition to selling new Tabatha , will allow Autodesk to manufacturers of printers create three-dimensional copies of their own , relying on Tabatha , also intends to provide a platform print " Spark " for free and without a license to companies manufacturing three-dimensional printers .

Although Autodesk has played an important role in the field of printing three-dimensional modeling tools with its subsidiaries , " One Two Three DVD " 123D, but this is the first step in the hardware market, three-dimensional printers .

With regard to the three-dimensional printing market , it is estimated that currently worth about $ 2.5 billion , but a study from research firm " Canales " Canalys pointed out that it will rise to $ 16.2 billion dollars by the year 2018.

According to the company , " Gartner " , it was last year, selling about 56,500 units of three-dimensional printers that do not exceed the price of $ 100,000 , and expects that number to grow to $ 200,000 next year .