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I show you the startup and printing process of a 3d printer. Here is the link to the Catalyst EX 3D Print Software video: youtube.com Watch the full build from start to finish of the cup here: youtube.com

3D printing and rapid prototyping equipment is now available in Ottawa, Ontario Canada at Envirolaser Technologies. Cathy Lewis, of 3D Systems along with Corey Ilacqua and Steve Burke of Envirolaser are interviewed by Paul Brent of CTV Ottawa. For more information, go to www.envirolaser.com.

Rapid Prototyping Right Before Your Eyes is presented by Print To 3D. www.printo3d.com This 3D printer is a Dimension 768 BST. The cup is 1 inch tall and 1/2 inch in diameter. The base or floor of the cup is 40 thousands of an inch thick as are the sidewalls of the cup. The stem of the cup is 100 thousands of an inch in diameter. This machine uses Fused Deposition Modeling or FDM for short. The machine is basically a large hot glue gun!

This video shows and describes the operation of the Z-corp 310 printer. It is fully functioning part with ball bearings!

how much does it cost to make a FDM SLS prototype for a model of a shoe no moving parts , the prototype should be near production quality and made of the real production materials

Ok so you might find the next few links interesting. These are from around the web, just random snippets that I’ve picked up in my reading, but I found some very cool information in them. You might too. Here goes…

The fall and rise of rapid prototyping

MPW: What happened in the mid-1990s that caused such a collapse among the rapid prototyping service bureaus? Hollis: Read the rest of this entry »

Introduction to Rapid Prototyping

In research, development and study, prototypes play an important role. These developed prototypes help to do testing prior to production and help to pinpoint the possible problems that are occurring due to the design faults. Earlier generating a prototype model was extremely costly process and also time taking. But with the aid of Read the rest of this entry »

Rapid prototyping is a well defined process of developing software. Here the physical objects are automatically created using solid freeform fabrication, popularly known as SFF. A rapid rapid prototyping system by and large involves making of a 3D objects based on design data. This is rendered from a CAD system. Seeing the efficiency of rapid prototypes, a Full color Read the rest of this entry »

If you’ve been keeping up with my blog posts lately you’ll know I’ve come to adding a few news posts from around the web on this subject. I’ve got a couple more today that are new and updated, so let me know what you think of em…

NEWS: 3D Systems Offers New Five Year Print Head Warranty

3D Systems is a leading provider of 3-D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Read the rest of this entry »

Ok so you might find the next few links interesting. These are from around the web, just random snippets that I’ve picked up in my reading, but I found some very cool information in them. You might too. Here goes…

USE OF 3D PROTOTYPING IN ARCHITECTURE « Sanzee’s Blog

STL extension for 3D printing process with zprint software. Set the unit to use like inch, meter Read the rest of this entry »