OREANDA-NEWS. October 05, 2016.
Stratasys
Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSYS), the 3D printing and additive manufacturing
solutions company, today announced it is officially kicking off the 13
th
Annual
Extreme
Redesign 3D Printing Challenge with a formal call for entries.
Building on the success of previous contests, this year's challenge is
fully supported by the power of
GrabCAD
- the market's premier digital manufacturing hub, helping designers and
engineers build products faster by linking people, content and
technology.
Open to student innovators worldwide, the annual challenge invites
scholars across the disciplines of engineering, design, and art, jewelry
and architecture to create an original piece - or redesign an existing
work - leveraging the power of 3D printing. All designs should prove
mechanically sound, realistic and achievable. Submissions are analyzed
and judged based on:
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Mechanical design
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Design creativity
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Product usefulness
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Aesthetics (art, jewelry and architecture category)
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Compelling description
Individuals or design teams are asked to create entries using 3D CAD
software, sign up for a free GrabCAD
Community account, and then submit files in STL format through the GrabCAD
Challenge platform - along with a description highlighting the
design's value and benefit. Deadline to submit across the following
categories is March 9, 2017:
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Engineering: Secondary Education (middle/high school)
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Engineering: Post-Secondary (university, college, or post-secondary)
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Art, Jewelry & Architecture (any grade level)
Since the contest's inception, Stratasys has awarded more than \\$140,000
in scholarships during a 13-year period. For this year's event,
first-place winners in every category will receive \\$2,500 (USD)
scholarships. Instructors of first-place students also benefit from a
demo 3D printer in their classroom for a limited time. Second place
winners receive \\$1,000 (USD) scholarships. The top 10 entries in each
category earn a Stratasys apparel item (value up to \\$50 USD) and a 3D
printed model of their design. All teams and individuals additionally
will receive an official Extreme Redesign T-Shirt.
Critical to this year's event is the support of GrabCAD
- consistently making life easier for product designers, engineers,
students, and manufacturing professionals. Since 2010, millions of
engineers have made the GrabCAD Community their own by sharing CAD files
and design tips, participating in design challenges, or downloading free
CAD models to avoid starting from scratch. Over the years, GrabCAD has
hosted 100s of engineering and design challenges with companies such as
GE, NASA, and Microtechnologies, as well as Stratasys
Education, Stratasys
Medical and MakerBot.
For the second year running, the National
Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC) is also bestowing a
\\$1,000 scholarship to a winning entry in the post-secondary engineering
category for an NCATC member school. NCATC is a network of higher
education resources promoting use of technology applications to enhance
economic and workforce development programs and services.
For more information and contest rules - or to become part of this
year's exciting event - visit the Extreme
Redesign Page on the Stratasys Website or go directly to GrabCAD
to learn more and submit a design. Get in on all the action by following
the Extreme Redesign Printing Challenge on Facebook
- or join the Twitter
conversation by incorporating #ExtremeRedesign into all posts.
For more than 25 years, Stratasys
Ltd. (NASDAQ:SSYS) has been a defining force and dominant
player in 3D printing and additive manufacturing - shaping the way
things are made. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Rehovot,
Israel, the company empowers customers across a broad range of vertical
markets by enabling new paradigms for design and manufacturing. The
company's solutions provide customers with unmatched design freedom and
manufacturing flexibility - reducing time-to-market and lowering
development costs, while improving designs and communications. Stratasys
subsidiaries include MakerBot and Solidscape, and the Stratasys
ecosystem includes 3D printers for prototyping and production; a wide
range of 3D printing materials; parts on-demand via Stratasys Direct
Manufacturing; strategic consulting and professional services; and the
Thingiverse and GrabCAD communities with over 2 million 3D printable
files for free designs. With more than 2,700 employees and 800 granted
or pending additive manufacturing patents, Stratasys has received more
than 30 technology and leadership awards. Visit us online at: www.stratasys.com
or http://blog.stratasys.com/,
and follow us on LinkedIn.
Stratasys, the Stratasys signet, and FDM are registered trademarks, and
Extreme Redesign is a trademark of Stratasys Ltd. and/or its
subsidiaries or affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
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