The journal Additive Manufacturing, launched earlier this year, now offers authors and reader sthe ability to submit and view interactive three-dimensional (3D) models alongside articles.
Additive manufacturing technologies are positioned to provide a disruptive transformation in how products are designed and manufactured. Being able to view models in 3D will allow users to quickly access and intuitively understand 3D data described in the article, as well as help authors to express the results of their research through advanced visualization sharing tools.
Readers can browse through models, zoom into each model, rotate and pan the model, change display settings, view 3D models in the stereo mode using anaglyph glasses, and download original data files. It is also possible to view and interact with 3D models in a detached full-screen mode.
The following articles in Additive Manufacturing provide examples of interactive 3D models:
High quality research papers and reviews in additive manufacturing.
A novel platinum-gold alloy, 100 times more durable than high-strength steel, is believed to be the most wear-resistant metal in the world.
A 3D model created by AI helped researchers to understand the formation of dislocations in complex polycrystalline materials.
Researchers have discovered that a gold nanocluster can exist in two different atomic arrangements, or polymorphs.