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Mimaki Collaborates with Autodesk at 3D Printer Shows Worldwide

Press release from the issuing company

Suwanee, GA — Mimaki USA, a leading manufacturer of 3D full color printers, wide-format 2D inkjet printers and cutters, announces a collaboration with Autodesk, Inc. to present how to bring 3D data from the design, engineering, and entertainment industries to life by utilizing Autodesk software and Mimaki full-color 3D technology. Mimaki will be exhibiting this technology at 3D printer exhibitions globally in early summer 2023.

Autodesk is a leading provider of design software for the media & entertainment, product design & manufacturing, and architecture, engineering, & construction industries. 3D data can be brought to life by combining Autodesk Fusion360 / Netfabb software with Mimaki’s 3DUJ-553 and 3DUJ-2207 3D printers, which produce full-color models in more than 10 million colors using UV cured photopolymer resins.

At this year's exhibitions, Mimaki will present a full-color world created with Autodesk software and Mimaki 3D printers through a variety of exhibits, including:

Media & Entertainment
Character design for games and animations by Nilian Studios (Canada), utilizing Autodesk software with the Mimaki 3DUJ-553 and 3DUJ-2207 printers for the production and presentation of original figures.

Product Design & Manufacturing
Product design by Autodesk’s Boston Technology Center (USA). Visualization of the internal structure of a generatively designed brake pedal for Stewart-Haas Racing, an American stock car racing team, 3D printed using the Mimaki 3DUJ-553.

Architecture, Engineering, & Construction
Civil engineering design models by Fukken Co., Ltd (Japan), promoting solutions to issues faced by the construction industry through integrated 3D data management using Autodesk's BIM/CIM software and promotion of digital transformation.

Civil engineering models are printed on the Mimaki 3DUJ-553 to build consensus with residents and other stakeholders.

Mimaki will be presenting the Autodesk & Mimaki Full-Color World at the following exhibitions in 2023:

RAPID+TCT 2023 (Chicago, USA) May 2-4
Rapid Tech 3D (Erfurt, Germany) May 9-11
EDIX Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) May 10-12
TCT 3SIXTY 2023 (Birmingham, England) June 6-8
Next Generation 3D Printer Exhibition / Japan Manufacturing World (Tokyo, Japan) June 22-24

For more information, visit www.mimakiusa.com or on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram @MimakiUSA.

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