Getting Started with 3D Printing, 2nd Edition

FIGURE 154: Example of a rapid prototyped new buggy toy model

the factory. You also don’t have to wait weeks or months to have expensive molds made. You can own a

3D printer and see the results of your model overnight. If the material and process are right, you can start

making products that day!

MANUFACTURING WITH 3D PRINTING HAS OTHER ADVANTAGES LIKE:

3D Printing allows for more flexible design choices. You can print more complicated designs

that would be impossible to make with traditional manufacturing methods in both plastics and

metals.

3D printed plastic parts can be an advantage if you need to minimize weight. This is especially ...