Development of the Aalto database was undertaken for an activity titled "Automation Support for Additive Manufacturing," part of the wider Operate Digital Industry with Products and Services (OEDIPUS) High Impact Initiative (HII). Through OEDIPUS HII, EIT Digital is seeking solutions to help SMEs adapt to the cyber physical system requirements of Industry 4.0. There are 10 international partners contributing to this initiative ( Aalto, DFKI, CEA, Océ, Cefriel, Engineering, CRF, Innovalia, Atos and Siemens) and activity takes places at five core iCenters in Europe which offer demos, advice and consultancy services to parties interested in the developments.