High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00137-4
Rise of the machines: Has rapid prototyping evolved faster than the software
used to create it?
The limitations of computer aided design in rapid prototyping of organic forms
E. Curtis, K.J. O’Sullivan, E. White & A. de Eyto
Department of Design and Manufacturing Technology, University of Limerick, Ireland
ABSTRACT: Industrial design is a highly involved, complex and iterative process. However, it is often ill-
defined (Chandrasegaran, Ramani et al. 2013). Advances in computer aided design have significantly reduced
time between iterations in the virtual design process. Rapid prototyping offers the opportunity to produce
physical iterations ...