I-Autodesk isanda kuveza amacebo abo okugxuma isuka kwiphrinta ye-3D yedeskithophu/ukuthuthukiswa kwepulatifomu iye ekuthatheni imishini yezimboni ekhiqiza kakhulu. Futhi idlula ngaphezu kwe-hardware. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, besingeke sicabange ukuthi i-Autodesk ingena ku-Hardware. Sidlale ngabo bekhiqiza iphrinta yabo ye-3D, base benza. Kodwa iphrinta eyodwa encane ye-3D, enekhanda elilodwa elincane lokuphrinta? Hhayi-ke, lokho akulungile ngokwanele futhi, ngaphandle kwalokho, kunezinkinga ezinkulu kakhulu okufanele zixazululwe.
I-Autodesk inenqwaba yemishini yokukhiqiza endaweni yabo yokusebenzela i-Pier 9. (Bheka ukuvakasha kwethu kwe-Pier 9 lapha.) Konke kusuka kuma-turkey basters kuya emishinini yokugaya ye-Haas 5-axis. Ungakwazi ngempela, ukuthunga ibhantshi, bese ugxumela ekamelweni elilandelayo futhi uliphrintele izinkinobho ezithile. Kodwa ngawo wonke amaphrinta e-3D anawo, akukho okwenza isilinganiso esikhulu, futhi ngokuqinisekile akukho okwenza isikali esikhulu ngokushesha. I-Autodesk ihlela ukugcwalisa leso sikhala futhi inikeze ukubheka kokuqala lokho okungenzeka kube nge-Project Escher.
Iphrojekthi ye-Escher kuboniswa ngomshini onamakhanda okuphrinta amaningi akha iphrojekthi eyodwa ndawonye ngesikhathi esisodwa kulokho i-Autodesk 3D Printing Research Scientist, u-Andreas Bastian, akubiza ngokuthi “ukwenziwa ngokubambisana.” U-Andreas uthi, "kube nokugxilwa kokuhlehlisa ku-hardware yangempela, futhi isofthiwe eningi ishiywe ngemuva."
Noma sibone ukuthuthuka okuhle kwesoftware efana ne-AstroPrint ne-Simplify3D, siyavuma ukuthi kuningi okungafiswa ngasohlangothini lwesoftware yokuphrinta ye-3D. Yize bakhombise lokhu “kwenziwa ngokubambisana” ngendlela ehlaba umxhwele ngokuhlekisa nge-aluminium ekhishwe, umlingo uphusha wonke lawo makhanda wokuphrinta lapha nalaphaya wenziwa ngesoftware. Nokho, ukuphrinta kwe-3D kuyisici esisodwa salokhu. Ngenxa yokuthi bagxile kwi-software, “ayigcini nje ngokungeza, inamandla okukwazi ukwenza ubuchwepheshe obukhiphayo—kuzoba khona ukushintsha kwamathuluzi ukuze ukwazi ukushintsha amakhanda amathuluzi, ukwazi ukwenza i-hot staking, ungakwazi. khetha futhi ubeke,” kusho uCory Bloome, Autodesk Hardware Lead.
Ngekhompyutha ebizwa ngokuthi “I-Conductor”, umsebenzi wokuphrinta uhlanganiswa phakathi kwamalungu ahlukahlukene e-orchestra, asebenza ndawonye ukuze akhe ingxenye. Yize bengakusho ngokuqondile, ngithanda ukucabanga ukuthi imisebenzi eminingi yemishini eyenzekayo ngesikhathi esisodwa nobuchwepheshe obufana nalobu—ukukhula nokusika, ukusika nokubeka, ukubeka nokwenza ivacuum, ukwakhiwa kwe-vacuum kanye ne-basting… uyazi, uMenzi we-Cyborg 2020. Nansi imibuzo embalwa esiyibuze u-Cory mayelana ne-Project Escher.
I-SolidSmack: Ngabe ukuthuthuka kwe-Ember nolwazi lwakho lokuthuthukisa amasistimu wemishini kube nomthelela kanjani kule phrojekthi?
I-Cory Bloome: Kokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu ekuthuthukiseni i-Ember, sifunde ukubaluleka kokuzishumeka namakhasimende ethu. Sizibonele mathupha ukuthi yini esebenzile nokuthi yini ehlulekile ngaphandle kwelebhu. Ngokusekelwe kule mpendulo yokuqala, amakhasimende ethu abe nomthelela ekwakhiweni komshini we-Ember, isixhumi esibonakalayo, i-firmware, izinto zokwakha kanye nezinye izici ezingenakubalwa ze-Ember ecosystem.
I-SolidSmack: Ihluke kanjani?
CB: I-Project Escher ihluke kakhulu ku-Ember ngoba asakhi i-hardware yokukhiqiza. Kodwa njenge-Ember, i-ecosystem, futhi sibandakanya abasebenzisi bangempela ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka kuleyo ecosystem ukusiza ukuqondisa ukuthuthukiswa.
SS: Inkundla yokuphrinta ye-Autodesk's Spark 3D ingaba kanjani ingxenye yalokhu?
CB: Inkundla yokuphrinta ye-Spark 3D iyisistimu yemvelo evulekile ehlanganisa isofthiwe, ihadiwe nezinto zokwakha. Ubuchwepheshe be-Project Escher buzoba yingxenye ye-ecosystem futhi busebenzise umsebenzi wokugeleza komsebenzi we-Spark, okuhlanganisa ukuphulukiswa kwe-mesh, ukukhiqizwa kokusekelwa kanye nokwakhiwa kwendlela yamathuluzi.
