Stratasys has released GrabCAD Print Pro 2025, an important update to its print preparation software designed to reduce time, complexity and cost across additive manufacturing operations.

The software update includes full integration of Fixturemate, a design automation application developed by Trinckle to simplify fixture design. Fixturemate allows users to generate production-ready fixtures in minutes – no CAD experience required. With full integration of Fixturemate,  and enhanced features like 3D textures, void body creation and multi-session support, the new version gives users more control over part functionality and throughput while simplifying production workflows and reducing reliance on traditional engineering resources.

Manufacturers increasingly rely on additive manufacturing to improve agility on the factory floor, but many still face bottlenecks caused by fragmented software workflows and the need for skilled engineering labour. GrabCAD Print Pro 2025 shifts the work of fixture design from design engineers downstream to AM operators – enabling users of the software to create fixtures independently within GrabCAD Print Pro instead of using different CAD tools by different users with specialised design skills. Simplifying this process reduces creating new fixtures from days to hours.

“Before GrabCAD Print Pro 2025, even a simple fixture might take a day or more and require CAD skills and a manufacturing engineer,” says Jeff McGarry, managing partner at Automation Intelligence. “With GrabCAD Print Pro 2025 and Fixturemate, we’ve dramatically accelerated our design workflow, turning concepts into printable CAD models faster than ever before.”

Adds Victor Gerdes, vice president of software at Stratasys: “GrabCAD Print Pro 2025 reflects our platform approach to AM – focused on eliminating workflow barriers while expanding material and printer support.”

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