• On the fly modeling enables the creation of prototypes that closely emulate the mechanical properties of the target design
• Some technologies allow the combination of black and white rigid materials in order to create a range of grayscales suitable for consumer electronics and other applications
• Save time and cost by removing the need to design, print and ‘glue together’ separate model parts made with different materials in order to create a complete model.
A large number of competing technologies are available in the marketplace. As all are additive technologies, their main differences are found in the way layers are built to create parts. Some methods use melting or softening material to produce the layers (SLS, FDM) where others lay liquid materials thermodynamics sets that are cured with different technologies. In the case of lamination systems, thin layers are cut to shape and joined together.