Rapid Prototyping
(a quick look
at Rapid Prototyping)
Rapid Prototyping is the speedy fabrication
of sample parts for demonstration, evaluation,
or testing. Rapid Prototyping typically utilizes
advanced layer manufacturing technologies that
can quickly generate complex three-dimensional
objects directly from computer-based models
. This computer representation is sliced into
two-dimensional layers, whose descriptions are
sent to the fabrication equipment to build the
part layer by layer. Rapid prototyping includes
many different fabrication technologies. Stereolithography
(SLA), selective laser sintering (SLS), laminated
object manufacturing (LOM), and fused deposition
modeling (FDM) are a few examples of Rapid Prototyping.
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