Spark is a 3D printing platform created by Autodesk to help address issues with quality, process reliability, outdated workflows, and market maturity. It aims to provide a universal platform through open APIs and microservices to improve 3D printing hardware, software, materials and workflows. Autodesk's vision is to use Spark to help people imagine, design and create a better world.

1. Spark,
the universal 3D printing platform
Benjamin Schrauwen
Director of Spark
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3. 16M 225M
Professional
Users
Consumer Users
680M
Students and
educators with
access to free
Autodesk software

6. The Autodesk vision is to help people
imagine, design, and create a better world

8. 2011 2012 2013 2016 2018 2020Source: Wohlers and Associates, May 2014
3D PRINTING
$16.2B GLOBALLY BY 2018
3D HARDWARE
35,000% GROWTH 2007-11

11. QUALITY

12. QUALITY
=BAD

13. PROCESS

14. PROCESS
=UNRELIABLE

15. WORKFLOW

16. WORKFLOW
=OLD

17. MARKET

18. MARKET
=PREMATURELYMATURE

19. hardware
software materials

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21. SPARK

28. APIs
microservices

30. GET INVOLVED!
https://spark.autodesk.com
https://github.com/spark3dp