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Using Geomagic Design X to Reverse Engineer a Motorcycle Seat

by Conor Kavanaugh | Sep 8, 2017 | 3D Printer, 3d Printing, 3D Printing, 3D Printing & Scanning, 3D Scanner, 3d Scanning, 3D Scanning, 3D Systems, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, Solidworks, Surface Modeling

The University of Applied Sciences Hannover, Media, Information and Design Department (www.fh-hannover.de) has long been recognized as being an academic leader for industrial and mechanical product design, across the world. The staff's dedication to...

3D Printers are Transforming Classrooms

by Conor Kavanaugh | Sep 8, 2017 | 3D Printer, 3d Printing, 3D Printing, 3D Printing & Scanning, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering

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First 3D Printing System Commemorated by the A.S.M.E.

by Conor Kavanaugh | Sep 6, 2017 | 3D Printer, 3d Printing, 3D Printing, 3D Systems, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping, SLA

Subscribe to our Mailing List Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing technology was created in 1982 and would go on to become the first 3D printing process to ever be commercialized. Created by Charles Hull, co-founder of 3D Systems, SLA printing has now...

Automaker Changes Supply Chain with 3D Printing

by Conor Kavanaugh | Sep 1, 2017 | 3D Printer, 3d Printing, 3D Printing, 3D Printing & Scanning, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, Surface Modeling

3D printing has become an extremely effective technology across a variety of industry. Of these, the automotive industry is see perhaps the most benefits of all. One company, in particular, is experiencing these benefits first hand with countless dollars...

3D Printing Aides Doctors in the Separation Surgery of Conjoined Twins

by Conor Kavanaugh | Aug 25, 2017 | 3D Printer, 3d Printing, 3D Printing, 3D Systems, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, Surface Modeling

One in every 200,000 births produces conjoined twins and carries a very disheartening survival rate. The infants that do survive, often must undergo extremely intensive separation surgery if they wish to carry out a normal life. Due to the rarity of this...

3 Steps to Reverse Engineering

by Conor Kavanaugh | Aug 23, 2017 | Reverse Engineering

The ultimate goal of reverse engineering is generally to create a 3D CAD (Computer Aided Design) model for use in the customer’s design system. There are several types of models that can be generated from 3D scanned data and a large variety of reverse...