Rapid Prototyping: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
See our | |||
=Definition= | |||
"The speedy fabrication of sample parts for demonstration, evaluation, or testing. It typically utilizes advanced layer manufacturing technologies that can quickly generate complex three-dimensional objects directly from computer-based models devised by Computer Aided Design (CAD). 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 (SL), selective laser sintering (SLS), laminated object manufacturing (LOM), and fused deposition modeling (FDM) are a few examples." | |||
(http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/rapidman/gloss.php) | |||
=More Information= | |||
See our entries on [[Personal Fabricators]], [[Desktop Manufacturing]] and [[Rapid Manufacturing]] | |||
[[Category:Encyclopedia]] | [[Category:Encyclopedia]] | ||
[[Category:Business]] | |||
Revision as of 03:38, 7 May 2007
Definition
"The speedy fabrication of sample parts for demonstration, evaluation, or testing. It typically utilizes advanced layer manufacturing technologies that can quickly generate complex three-dimensional objects directly from computer-based models devised by Computer Aided Design (CAD). 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 (SL), selective laser sintering (SLS), laminated object manufacturing (LOM), and fused deposition modeling (FDM) are a few examples." (http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/rapidman/gloss.php)
More Information
See our entries on Personal Fabricators, Desktop Manufacturing and Rapid Manufacturing