nTopology

Pros: the support team is the best the nteam know all you want anytime

Cons: for amateure users is difficult app and required a lot of knowledges

Pros: Powerful software with all the bells n whistles

Cons: Depth of function takes a minute to harness but to be expected for CAD software

Pros: nTop is the clear leader in advanced lattice design for meso-scale features in additive manufacturing applications.

Cons: The user interface is different from other "Windows" software. This does bring a bit of a learning curve but the user experience does become highly efficient with some experience.

Pros: The ability to rapidly conceptualize, iterate and innovate with complex design.

Cons: Hard to identify anything to dislike about nTopology. The learning curve for implicit modeling can be a bit steep for folks new to CAD, but that is more than offset by nTopology's frequent training sessions and online tutorials.

Pros: After getting past the learning curve, I thought the software was very intuitive to use. I really like the block set-up, which makes it easy to update an earlier portion of your workflow without having to undo anything. Each block is also has clear information on what inputs are needed, which I appreciate.

Cons: The learning curve was a little steep for some of the features. I also wish it was able to run on iOS.

Pros: nTopology is amazing at creating complex structures for lightweight and aesthetic designs.

Cons: I like to 3D print the parts on the software and the file sizes are huge which makes them difficult to manage outside of the software, however, this is a challenge in the 3D printing industry in general.

Pros: I use nTopology in our Additive Manufacturing course at CU Denver. This software is easy to learn, but also has depth for experienced users. We are able to train students to do multiple computer-driven design projects during the semester. In addition to the design tools, the meshing features of nTopology are outstanding.

Cons: nTopology has built a lot of examples in their online support page, however, I would always appreciate more examples and workflows.

Pros: The software is always being updated with constant performance and feature upgrades. Customer support is fantastic and responsive, and trainings are plentiful both live and through online resources. The software is generally easy to get the hang of and as long as nothing is being exported, the files are lightweight.

Cons: Getting anything (in my use case) out of nTopology is very resource taxing and in some cases impossible. Often times export types needed to work with the analysis or design tools my company has at hand (which are industry standard) are not available. Resource usage for complex designs is very high, often times requiring top of the line hardware to perform tasks. Computing cluster support would definitely be of value and may alleviate some issues. With the constant updates also comes tool name changes, tool combination, etc, which can be annoying to keep track of. Many hours can be spent developing a workflow to solve a problem, only to have a software update change that workflow or obsolete the tools used, requiring more time to understand the new tools and update the workflow again.

Pros: I like the lightweighting features and the intuitiveness of the workflow design.

Cons: Trying to figure out how to export the best mesh for my part.

Pros: The ability to quickly and easily produce geometries that are simply impractical on other CAD platforms.

Cons: The implicit model learning curve is somewhat steep. This isn't an ordinary CAD tool with sketch planes and extrusions. It is more like a programming language, think Matlab crossed with CAD.

Pros: -Easy to generate and analyze lattices -Easy to import and export geometry -FEA tools are great

Cons: -CAD features are difficult, would be nice if it wasn't so dependent on defining models by points but rather by relationships to each other

Pros: The topology optimization engine is impressive. Complex operations such as latticing and shelling are executed so quickly. Blending two geometries is super easy as well. The support team and the customer success team are some of the best I have worked with. They definitely want you to succeed using the software. The online help section is very beneficial too.

Cons: There is so much to the software it is hard to know where to start. Some of the features are difficult to find if you don't know what they are called. nTop requires different thinking when designing a part. Once you overcome the learning curve you can create some pretty impressive parts. One feature I am hoping they add soon is report generation.

Pros: The functionality of each block and how they work together was easy to understand, and offers a lot of power to the end user to make what they are envisioning.

Cons: There is definitely a learning curve, not only to the software, but to getting into the mindset of implicit modeling.

Pros: Unique design features, very quick updates. Great support.

Cons: Very steep learning curve. Requires dedication and intuition to grasp block modelling.

Pros: I like the continous improvements that are made with each new update version. nTopology really enhances the functionality and complexity of parts we enigineer, design and manufacture. This gives an aditional value to make additive manufacturing more competitive and efficient.

Cons: I miss a feature which automatically updates the imported CAD-file(s). Also, a feature to sort the CAD bodies as they were used in the workflow when importing would be nice.

Pros: nTop gives much more functionality than other design software for generating complex lattice structures with feature gradients.

Cons: The file sizes generated by nTop are often difficult to manage. There is also a large learning curve for the software.

Pros: The software enables high-powered users to truly design parts and structures that were previously thought impossible. Their claims of the software being unbreakable are quite honestly close to the mark, as I have regularly attempted to do so for the past several years! Not many softwares contain the ability to not only design advanced things but also analyze them and further augment the process

Cons: The software does have a fairly steep learning curve, especially for the more advanced features. While help topics are readily available, the ability to dive deep is a skill set that just takes a lot of time

Pros: Complex geometry doesn't scale in CAD software such as Solidworks. After a couple thousand or even hundreds of surfaces, SW struggles to display your parts...This is where nTop shines! If you want to integrate large scale (more than 1 or 2 cubic inch) cellular structures into your AM parts, there is really no other way to do it quickly and easily and with the level of control over the geometry that nTop allows. Complex combinations of boolean operations are sometimes only possible in nTop as it does not choke on "zero-thickness surfaces".

Cons: Steep learning curve at first until you get used to the style...it's very much like building code in a visual building block style. After you get the hang of it you'll love it though as it can be used to automate work-flows or automate design iterations. It has some quirks...positioning items relative to one another can be tricky, visualization can be slow on large / complex parts, zooming into see details on small regions can be frustrating...especially when trying to get acceptable resolution for very small features that you know will be resolved in your manufacturing process (e.g. sub 1 mm for metal AM). Resolution for different commands is inconsistent...be wary of sub 1 mm features if you need it. Terminology is inconsistent and documentation is slim...although there are many examples and videos. Documentation within commands can leave you perplexed...more concrete examples would be helpful or may require significant user experimentation.