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3D simulating software to augment laser sheet metal cutting

27 February 2018

Researchers at the Visual Interaction and Communications Technologies Center Foundation have developed a 3D simulation software system that allows users to calculate how heat sources affect sheet metal during laser or plasma cutting processes

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