For years, I’ve been fascinated by the promise and frustrated by the reality of 3D printing. Today, Autodesk is announcing two contributions to help make things better.  First is an open software platform for 3D printing called Spark, which will make it more reliable yet simpler to print 3D models, and easier to control how that model is actually printed. Second, we will be introducing our own 3D printer that will serve as a reference implementation for Spark. It will demonstrate the power of the Spark platform and set a new benchmark for the 3D printing user experience. Together, these will provide the building blocks that product designers, hardware manufacturers, software developers and materials scientists can use to continue to explore the limits of 3D printing technology.

Spark will be open and freely licensable to hardware manufacturers and others who are interested. Same for our 3D printer–the design of the printer will be made publicly available to allow for further development and experimentation. The printer will be able to use a broad range of materials, made by us and by others, and we look forward to lots of exploration into new materials.

The world is just beginning to realize the potential of additive manufacturing and with Spark, we hope to make it possible for many more people to incorporate 3D printing into their design and manufacturing process. Over the coming months we’ll be working with hardware manufacturers to integrate the Spark platform with current and future 3D printers.Both Spark and our 3D printer will be available later this year.

3D printing will make it possible for us to create all sorts of things we create today, better, and to create all sorts of new things that we haven't even imagined yet.If you are interested in working with us, sign up at www.autodesk.com/spark

加速推进3D打印技术的未来

多年来，我一直着迷的承诺，通过三维打印的现实感到沮丧。今天，欧特克宣布两笔捐款，以帮助把事情做好。首先是3D打印称为星火一个开放的软件平台，这将使它更可靠更简单的打印三维模型，并容易地控制这种模式实际打印。其次，我们将推出我们自己的3D打印机，将作为一个参考实现的火花。它将展示星火平台的能力，并设置为3D打印的用户体验的新标杆。总之，这些将提供构建块，产品设计师，硬件制造商，软件开发商和材料科学家可以用它来继续探索3D打印技术的极限。

火花将是开放的，自由授权的硬件制造商和其他人谁感兴趣。相同的打印机我们的3D打印机的设计将可公开获得，以便进一步开发和试验。打印机将能够使用广泛的材料，我们和其他人所做的，我们期待着大量的探索到新的材料。

这个世界才刚刚开始意识到添加剂制造以及与星火的潜力，我们希望有可能使更多的人纳入三维打印到他们的设计和制造过程。在未来几个月内，我们将与硬件厂商合作，整合星火平台与当前和未来的3D printers.Both Spark和今年晚些时候我们的3D打印机将可用。

三维打印技术将使我们有可能创造各种各样的我们创造的东西今天，更好，创造各种各样的，我们甚至还没有想到新的东西yet.If您有兴趣与我们合作，签署了在万维网.autodesk.com /火花