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nTop has the capabilities you need to unlock what’s possible with additive manufacturing

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Lattice structures

Generate lattices in seconds to create products with reduced weight or superior heat transfer and energy absorption.

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Generative design

Take complete control of your generative design workflows to design processes, not just parts.

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Topology optimization

Exceed performance targets by completely controlling design parameters and automatically reconstructing optimization results.

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Simulation

Integrate engineering simulations and build automated analysis workflows to design high-performance parts.


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Design automation

Automate repetitive engineering tasks.

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Integrations

Seamlessly import and export data within your existing workflows.

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Implicit Interop

Transfer your most complex designs in megabytes, not gigabytes.

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Field Optimization

Generate highly engineered parts with a multi-objective and multi-scale design tool.

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Easy in. Easy out.

Seamlessly import and export data within your existing workflows.

Import

Upload CAD files and other engineering data.

CAD
STEP (.step), Parasolid (.x_t and .x_b), CATIA (.CATPart, CATProduct), Solidworks (.sldprt, .sldasm), Creo (.prt, .asm), NX (.prt), Inventor (.ipt, .iam), ACIS (.sat,.sab)

Mesh
STL (.stl), OBJ (.obj), Polygon File Format (.ply), 3D Manufacturing Format (.3mf)

CAE
Abaqus(*.inp), ANSYS (.cdb, .msh, .rst, .rth, .cas, .dat), LS-DYNA (.k) NASTRAN (.bdf, .op2), Patran(.pat), CGNS, (.cgns), Universal File Format (.unv), Topology Optimization Result (.op2)

Slice
Common Layer Interface (.cli)

Other
Bitmap (.png), Point Data (.csv), Vector and Scalar Point Maps (.csv), Voxel Grid (.vdb)

Generate

Create high-performance geometries.

Lattice Structures
Volume and surface lattices. Graph, TPMS, and custom unit cells. Stochastic structures. Rib grids.

Topology Optimization
Multi-objective and multi-constrain optimization. Automated post-processing.

Advanced Modeling
Variable shelling and offsets. Fillets and smoothening. Boolean operations.

Design Analysis
Built-in structural and thermal FEA. Import, conversion, and exchange utilities.

Build Preparation
Part orientation. Support structure generation.

Export

Convert to the format you need.

CAD
STEP (.step), Parasolid (.x_t and .x_b), IGES (.iges)

Mesh
STL (.stl), OBJ (.obj), Polygon File Format (.ply), 3D Manufacturing Format (.3mf)

CAE
Abaqus (.inp), ANSYS (.cdb), Nastran (.bdf), LS-Dyna (.k), Universal (.unv), Patran (.pat), Fluent (.msh)

Slice
Common Layer Interface (.cli), Common Layer File (.clf), Renishaw Point Data (.csv), Renishaw CLI (.cli), Arcam ABF (.abf), Stratasys Layer (.ssl), EOS CLI (.cli), BW image stacks (.png), 3D Systems (.slc), ConceptLaser Slice v4 (.cls)

Other
nTop Implicit File (.implicit), Point Data (.csv), Vector and Scalar Point Maps (.csv), Voxel Grid (.vdb)

Integrate

Integrate with your existing software stack.

nTop Automate
Using nTop Automate, you can write custom code to execute nTop workflows through a programmatic environment.

PLM
Leverage reference integrations and the nTop PLM connector to integrate nTop into your system.

MDO
Integrate with popular multidisciplinary design optimization platforms, including ModeFrontier, ModelCenter, and ProcesComposer.

Software built on transformative technology

Implicit Modeling

Design technology that will not break.

Remove design limitations and overcome fundamental challenges with our unique modeling engine.

Field-Driven Design

Your data goes in; optimized designs come out.

Feed your design workflows with real-world data, physics, and logic to harness the power of implicit modeling.

Design Process Automation

Build processes, not just parts.

Create reusable workflows and algorithmic processes that save you time and empower your team to scale.

Driving innovation

For Fortune 100 companies, scrappy startups, and everyone in between

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