Linneaâ„¢ Decision Support Tool

AI-Driven Part Printability Recommendation System
for Additive Manufacturing

Linnea applies AI and machine learning innovation to additive manufacturing engineering workflows to speed the identification of parts suitable for 3D printing

Key Benefits of Linnea

  • Improve efficiency and accuracy of AM part selection process
  • Save time and costs by automating analysis for suitable parts identification
  • Easily process and classify part features from 2D engineering drawings and 3D engineering models
  • Empower confident decisions with AI-enabled AM part candidacy scoring and recommendations

AM engineers spend innumerable hours manually reviewing and analyzing various forms of engineering data from disparate sources to identify good part candidates for 3D printing

Linnea enhances AM workflows with AI automation by taking on the heavy analysis burden and calculating part candidacy scores with recommendations for engineer decision making

Key sustainment and logistics organizations are rapidly adopting additive manufacturing as a strategic lever to:

  • Gain decision advantage
  • Remediate supply chain challenges
  • Manage increased product complexity
  • Eliminate lag times and costs in delivering parts for repair

Linnea Part Printability Recommendation System

Feature Extraction

  • Customized algorithms extract and process multi-format engineering inputs with machine learning, NLP, and computer vision
  • 2D drawing processing parses text, segments geometric objects, extracts geometric contours, and computes features
  • 3D model processing extracts text and derives geometric and complexity features

Classification Engine

  • Expert decision rules are applied to rapidly identify parts not suitable for printing due to incompatibilities with size, tolerance, or material
  • AI/ML-classifiers accurately predict AM part suitability based on complexity and geometry features
  • 3D print recommendations and scoring for parts are served to the interactive user interface

Interactive User Interface

  • Human-in-the loop workflow enables AM engineer to interact with part printability recommendations for further analyses and reporting
  • Final 3D print decisions are made by the AM engineer and captured via the user interface
  • Parts identified for 3D printing are cataloged and made available for future analyses and decision making

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Jan Turkelson, Senior Vice President

Janette Steets, PhD, Associate Vice President, Defense Division

John Tribble, Director of Data Science

Customer Journey Case Studies

Our experts leverage relevant accelerators for specific business goals providing quick wins and efficient return on investment

Unlocking Engineering Data to Accelerate Sustainment & Manufacturing Decisions (Air Force)

Unlocking Engineering Data to Accelerate Sustainment & Manufacturing Decisions (Air Force)

Agentic AI Natural Language Reasoning (Air Force)

Agentic AI Natural Language Reasoning (Air Force)

Accelerating Contract Negotiations Through Automated Price Analysis & Documentation (Air Force)

Accelerating Contract Negotiations Through Automated Price Analysis & Documentation (Air Force)

Enabling What-If Scenario Planning for Predictive Logistics Decisions (Air Force)

Enabling What-If Scenario Planning for Predictive Logistics Decisions (Air Force)

From Machine Data to Mission Decisions: Enterprise Data Activation for Sustainment (Air Force)

From Machine Data to Mission Decisions: Enterprise Data Activation for Sustainment (Air Force)

ML/AI Object Tracking Model (Army)

ML/AI Object Tracking Model (Army)

Enabling Predictive Maintenance for Mission-Critical Missile Systems (Navy)

Enabling Predictive Maintenance for Mission-Critical Missile Systems (Navy)

From Parts Data to Print Decisions: Scaling Additive Manufacturing in the OIB (Army)

From Parts Data to Print Decisions: Scaling Additive Manufacturing in the OIB (Army)

Automating Data Rights Verification to Reduce Program Risk & Accelerate Acquisition Decisions (Air Force)

Automating Data Rights Verification to Reduce Program Risk & Accelerate Acquisition Decisions (Air Force)

Statistical Model & Training Algorithms (Air Force)

Statistical Model & Training Algorithms (Air Force)

Data Science & Architecture Assessment (Marketing)

Data Science & Architecture Assessment (Marketing)

Extracting Critical Parts Data from Technical Documents to Improve Supply Chain Planning (Air Force)

Extracting Critical Parts Data from Technical Documents to Improve Supply Chain Planning (Air Force)

Automated Data Cleansing with Machine Learning (Navy)

Automated Data Cleansing with Machine Learning (Navy)

Automated Data Capture and Prediction (Air Force)

Automated Data Capture and Prediction (Air Force)

Connecting Maintenance & Supply Data to Enable Predictive Demand Planning (Air Force)

Connecting Maintenance & Supply Data to Enable Predictive Demand Planning (Air Force)

Transforming Contracts into Enterprise Insight to Accelerate Acquisition Decisions (Air Force)

Transforming Contracts into Enterprise Insight to Accelerate Acquisition Decisions (Air Force)

Decision Support for Cyber Hygiene (Air Force)

Decision Support for Cyber Hygiene (Air Force)

Turning Complex Financial Rules into Automated, Scalable Decision Making (Insurance)

Turning Complex Financial Rules into Automated, Scalable Decision Making (Insurance)

Delivering On-Demand Sustainment Insights for Faster, Data-Driven Decisions (Air Force)

Delivering On-Demand Sustainment Insights for Faster, Data-Driven Decisions (Air Force)

Predicting Contract Performance Risks to Enable Proactive Acquisition Management (Air Force)

Predicting Contract Performance Risks to Enable Proactive Acquisition Management (Air Force)

Machine Learning & NLP for Decision Support (Healthcare)

Machine Learning & NLP for Decision Support (Healthcare)