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CADaaS platform enables to optimize 3D files that don't meet required standards and even create new 3D models directly within the
Shapeways website. In 2020, Forward AM, BASF’s brand for high-performance materials and services for 3D printing, partnered with Shapeways to offer customers the ability to order 3D-printed items online made with Forward AM material. In 2021, Shapeways announced having 3D printed over 20 million parts for more than 1 million customers in 160 countries.
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