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AM Metroline

Connecting the World of Additive Manufacturing

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A New Way to Navigate Knowledge in 3D Printing

Currently, knowledge in Additive Manufacturing (AM) is scattered across countless papers, courses, and forums.

While it’s very possible to find the AM information you’re looking for with enough conviction, we want to gather that knowledge and interest all in one place — and give you a bird’s eye perspective.

AM Metroline brings it all together

It’s a social learning platform that lets you explore AM topics as if you were navigating a city’s metro map.

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Each station represents a topic.

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Each line connects ideas, materials, technologies, tutorials and processes.

Navigate similar topics by proximity

Connect learnings from other topics via the line

Learn similar topics from different industries

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Move between Material Extrusion, Slicer Software, and Polymer the same way you’d hop trains across a digital knowledge network.

Delving into sub-topics is made easy with AM Metroline as they’re put front and centre on the map, instead of being relegated to dropdowns or recommendations.

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Discover.
Learn.
Share.

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The platform invites enthusiasts, professionals, and creators to take part in building the future of additive manufacturing inspiration & education.

Whether you want to learn, teach, or explore, AM Metroline offers tools that make the journey simple and visual — a map of learning you can grow with.

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Built with Admin functionality right in the user interface!

Monitor and manage the AM platform with built-in tools that promote collaboration with Creators, and simplify day-to-day administrative activities.

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Make edits directly on the map

You’re in command of enacting changes to the map, and you’ll be able to do that straight through the Metroline itself. No backend CMS sheet. No navigating frustrating menu’s.

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Filter users with comprehensive info

Worried about incomprehensive lists and databases? Well, worry no more. AM Metroline let’s you search, manage and scrutinize every available bit of info in one window! Low effort, high reward.

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Easily collaborate with Creators

Keeping the Metroline user friendly and efficient shan’t fall on any one person’s shoulders. As an Admin, you’ll see where and how Creators desire changes straight on the map, through a heatmap-based visual guidance system.

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You see what the user sees

Your Admin account is not just run through a separate client. You get to see the user’s enquires with your own eyes, without opening new windows or switching tabs and programs.

Key Features

The Metroline Map

Find your next learning path, discover new subtopics, identify where knowledge gaps exist, or add what’s missing.

A visual interface inspired by real metro systems, each connection shows how AM topics relate. Whether you’re using AM Metroline to search for knowledge, or want to contribute personally / as an organisation — this is the one-stop collection of Additive Manufacturing knowledge.

Find valuable knowledge in your field of interest

Peruse & discover courses/tutorials by professionals

Add your own knowledge to the map

Connect the dots on similar topics

Travel Plans

Curate your learning journey. Save posts, tutorials, and courses into personal collections called Travel Plans — and even export them as PDFs for later study or team sharing.

Your Travel Plan also shows the “route” between your chosen topics, helping you spot what you might be missing or accidentally skipping along the way.

Save content into neatly organised collections

Customise plans for different use cases

Export or print your plans directly

Learn about your blind spots through the path you take

For Creators

Businesses, organizations, and educators can share content — from tutorials, to whitepapers, to live courses — with a global audience.

Customize your posts with links, visuals, and branding. Build credibility through visibility and know-how, not through ads or content placement.

Present your resources through customized posts

Direct people to your course or documentation

Add flair & intrigue with videos and embeds

Stand side-by-side with the industry

Show Interest

Looking for feedback on your courses and events? Or are you searching for ways to identify missed leads? Plan and prioritise your courses based on real user interest!

Missed a course or event? Users can “Show Interest” to let creators know they’d love to see the event again. Creators can use this feedback to reopen popular courses or create new ones — keeping the community’s learning pulse alive.

Your tool for prioritising courses and events

Expose interested users to similar content

Build returning relationships at the click of a button

Built for Collaboration

Creators can suggest new topics directly on the map, while Admins use built-in tools to maintain, expand, and refine the network of knowledge.

While users browse the content, Creators and Admins come together to build the site’s pool of knowledge — creating an experience made with everyone’s wishes & ideas in mind.

Request and enact new topics and changes to the map

Act on connections that don’t quite fit

See everyone’s suggestions directly on the map

No boring back-end interfaces

Open.
Accessible.
Supported by the EU.

AM Metroline is developed as an open educational resource, supported by the European Union and led by AM Learning Lab Herningsholm, Thomas More, and Business Viborg’s Center for Industri.

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The platform represents a shared vision

To create a unified, interactive, and future-proof learning standard for 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. Cross-device, cross-community.

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Experience the Demo

The demo is made for a tablet or desktop viewing experience. While you can access it on mobile, the demo will definitely feel better on the intended devices.

Explore the concept as it is now — dive into the interactive prototype, walk through user flows, and see how the AM Metroline connects topics & ideas in real time.

Questions?
Ideas?
Funding?

Interested in unifying AM topics?

We welcome your feedback on this exciting step for additive manufacturing, and if you’d like to help shape the foundation of the platform, we’d be glad to hear from you.

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Jesper Heltzen
Chefkonsulent, Center For Industri
jehe@buvi.dk
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Phone:
+45
51 80 40 04