Opportunities in Additive Manufacturing Software Markets 2023
The additive manufacturing software market is evolving at a pace now consistent with the printer segment of the last two years and is expected to grow faster than previously projected. The leading trend in the segment powering this expansion is the connecting of key elements of the AM software workflow, now well-defined after years of development, into end-to-end platforms.
This report focuses on the future of additive manufacturing software functions, which are centered around process simulation, intelligent design optimization, and additive manufacturing execution systems (MES). It also provides an analysis of the current state of the market showing how AM software is now growing well beyond the somewhat niche-like status it once occupied.
SmarTech’s reports on AM software have become adopted across the entire AM industry by companies looking for an off-the-shelf source of detailed market data and forecasts for AM software, with critical insights on leading market sectors and commentary on industry dynamics. Some of the major vendors profiled in this report include: 3D Systems, Autodesk, Stratasys, Materialise, Siemens and many others.
The report also includes a comprehensive market sizing and ten-year market forecast with breakouts by (1) software tool type, (2) adopting end-user industry, and (3) opportunities for software by additive technology segment for both polymer and metals.
- Chapter One: Additive Manufacturing Software in the Production Age
- 1.1 The Rise of the AM Software Platform
- 1.1.1 Further Integration of Key AM Functionalities into Core Software Environment 1.1.2 AM Technology Supply Diversification Incentivizing the Platform Approach
- 1.1.3 Platform Development Sparks M&A Surge in AM Software 1.2 The Evolving AM Software User Profile
- 1.3 A New Approach to Quantifying Opportunities in AM Software 1.4 Summary of AM Software Opportunities in 2022 and Beyond
- Chapter Two: Review of AM Software Platform Development
- 2.1 The Shift to the Platform Approach Across the Competitive AM Software Landscape
- 2.2 Implications of the Platform Movement for Software Competitors Over Time
- 2.2.1 Machine Manufacturer Platforms – A Long Term Solution or Short-sighted half Measure?
- 2.2.2 Will Independent Developers be Left Out of the Platform Movement if They Stay on an Island?
- 2.3 Leading Tools and Competitors in the AM Platform Race 2.3.1 Materialise (CO-AM)
- 2.3.2 3D Systems
- 2.3.3 GE Additive
- 2.3.4 Stratasys 2.3.5 Authentise 2.3.6 Markforged 2.3.7 Hexagon
- Chapter Three: Emerging AM Software Opportunities
- 3.1 Application Specific AM Software Tools in Healthcare vs. Industrial Context
- 3.2 Software for the AM Post Process Workflow
- 3.3 Software for AM Process Monitoring in Metal Additive Manufacturing
- Chapter Four: Additive Software Forecast Review and Methodology
- 4.1 Software Market Sizing Methodology Discussion
- 4.2 Shift to Cloud-based Subscription Opportunities in AM Software to Support Scaled AM Used
- 4.3 Industry Adoption of AM Software and Resulting Revenues About SmarTech Analysis
- About the Analyst
- Acronyms and Abbreviations Used In this Report
- List of Exhibits
- Exhibit 1-1: The ‘AM Platform Core’ Visualization
- Exhibit 1-2: The Evolution of AM Software Customer Priorities
- Exhibit 1-3: Total Global AM Software Revenues by Tool Type, All Industries
- Exhibit 2-1: Distribution of Printer Installations by Print Technology and Industry, 2021
- Exhibit 3-1: Total Application Specific AM Software Tool Revenues by Primary Sector, Healthcare vs. Industrial, 2021-2031
- Exhibit 3-2: Total Global Production Volume of Polymer and Metal Powder Bed Fusion End-Use Parts
- Exhibit 3-3: Projected Average of Metal AM Installations Supported by Process Monitoring Software Licenses, by AM Technology Type, All Markets
- Exhibit 4-1: Total Metal Additive Part Production by Application Role, All Industries and Print Technologies
- Exhibit 4-2: Total Global AM Software Revenues by Sales Type
- Exhibit 4-3: Total AM Software Revenues by Industry, all Tool Types and Geographies
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