
When a part is designed for conventional manufacturing, it is usually more expensive to produce by AM in typical production quantities. Wohlers Associates, an analyst firm that publishes an annual report on the Additive Manufacturing industry, wrote, “In the last three years, organizations have begun to appreciate the importance of design for additive manufacturing (DfAM).

Metrology Reporting: an app to connect Hexagon and third-party metrology data sources in Nexus’ secure cloud environment.The first four available Nexus four products are: Nexus is engineered with Microsoft's cloud technologies. Hexagon MI's Nexus app shows the desktop software MSC Apex Generative Design connecting and sharing data with the other apps that make Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM). With Nexus, Hexagon helps their customers to more easily consume their considerable digital solution portfolio in the cloud, helping them to optimize their digital threads as part of their overall IT landscape.” ”At the same time, industrial companies are increasingly looking to the cloud to support their critical business needs. “In our smart, connected future everyone will be on someone's digital thread,” said Stan Przybylinski, VP of the analyst firm CIMdata. We’re excited to see what customers will do with the technology from today.” By leveraging Hexagon’s expertise in innovation, and by connecting people, technologies, and data we can help businesses bring ideas to life faster than ever before.



“With Nexus, our aim is simple-to bring innovative minds together across disciplines and empower them. “If companies are to reap the benefit of smart manufacturing, we need to change the way we work,” said Parth Joshi, Chief Product and Technology Officer for Hexagon MI. Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence (Hexagon MI) is releasing Nexus, described as an open cloud platform to connect Hexagon and third-party tools to enable real-time collaboration.
