Materialise has announced the next phase of its open software ecosystem strategy, introducing three tailored CO-AM solutions and new enabling technologies to address the need for workflow automation and interoperability in additive manufacturing.
The new offerings – CO-AM Professional, CO-AM NPI, and CO-AM Enterprise – are powered by CO‑AM Brix, a new low-code, node-based automation technology, and CO-AM Build Platform, a cloud-based, visual editor for build and platform preparation. Materialise also announced that its Next-Generation Build Processors now feature a fully open, modular framework, enabling manufacturers to integrate diverse tools and strategies into their workflows.
“Industrialising additive manufacturing isn’t a software problem or a hardware problem; it’s a manufacturing problem,” said Materialise VP of software Udo Eberlein. “It requires understanding the complete workflow, the real constraints, and the practical trade-offs that production teams face every day.
“We’re tailoring our offerings to meet the specific needs of the market, from standard to the most advanced users, bringing NPI and Enterprise solutions to help them scale AM with confidence.”
The three new open software solutions are:
- CO-AM Professional – Delivers workflow automation and built‑in traceability for high‑mix, low‑volume AM. Cloud‑based and integrated with Magics, it unifies data and build/platform prep, embedding AM know‑how so teams can share one source of truth and run repeatable, machine‑agnostic operations.
- CO-AM NPI – Accelerates NPI and qualification for series AM parts with CO-AM Brix toolpath optimization and build‑prep engineering, tuning scan strategies to improve quality, shorten builds, and lower per-part cost. It locks validated recipes and QA parameters to speed certification and ensure repeatable, compliant production.
- CO-AM Enterprise – Combines CO‑AM Professional’s expert AM preparation with full production execution and order management, delivering end‑to‑end workflow management. By connecting real‑time shopfloor data and capturing input/output production and quality records, it provides visibility and traceability, enabling repeatable and compliant operations across sites and scaling from pilot runs to global production.
CO-AM Brix, Materialise’s new enabling technology for automating and optimising manufacturing workflows through visual, node-based automation, integrates over 800 proven algorithms from Materialise’s SDK suite, including Magics SDK, Build Processor SDK, and 3-matic SDK, opening significant integration possibilities and flexibility to incorporate external tools and libraries.
Additionally, the CO-AM Build Platform allows part and platform viewing and editing directly in the cloud, creating a single source of truth for AM data and workflows. Automated workflows designed in CO-AM Brix can be executed instantly, while interactive projects can be opened in Magics with seamless revision tracking. It is designed to give customers the flexibility to work with any third-party build prep application.
Materialise also announced the next generation of build processor framework, which now features a fully open, modular architecture. Manufacturers can integrate validated OEM Build Processors, Materialise-developed processors, or create fully customised strategies using the Build Processor SDK. These can be deployed from Magics, third-party CAD systems, 3MF workflows, or directly through CO-AM, enabling process optimization and deployment of qualified strategies across sites with confidence.
