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Great Look at Rapid Prototyping Systems

Recently there was a great piece wrote by David Maltz providing tips on selecting a rapid prototyping system.  The piece included some great information on the differences between the systems and benefits of each system.  I found the most useful information was the ilustration of the various finishes a user can expect from each machine.  [...]

SLS Rapid Prototyping Helped In The Development of The Crittercam

The Crittercam was envisioned and invented by marine biologist and filmmaker Greg Marshall. National Geographic introduced the first generation of the Crittercam back in 1987 and has continually been improving it. The Crittercam has been used in March of the Penguins, National Geographic’s Wild Chronicles and many other National Geographic DVDs.
With this new version, Greg [...]

Email Instant Quoting for Rapid Prototyping

Yesterday, we launched the new email instant quoting for custom designed parts and rapid prototypes.  Quickparts was the first to provide online instant quoting for rapid prototyping and that has always mainstay foundation for the company.  But we heard from our customers that we needed to make it easier for them to start the quoting [...]

History of 3D CAD-Changing the World

In the beginning before Rapid Prototyping….there was the evolution of 3D CAD.
CAD was first developed over 20 years ago with the development of personal computers. The first company to become a leader in the CAD world was Autodesk with a product called AutoCAD. This was the first software product that allowed the user to produce [...]