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Article: Architects slowly enter rapid prototyping game. (AEC industry update).
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- CADalyst
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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Though many architects still specify some buildings to be constructed by placing one stone on top of another, early adopters are making great strides in using rapid prototyping and manufacturing techniques.
The Santa Monica-based architectural firm Morphosis has a 3D printer in its office. Architectural service bureaus, such as Laser Graphics Manufacturing, Minturn, CO (www.lgmmodel.com), are increasingly using rapid prototyping techniques. And architect and educator Kevin Rotheroe, president of the Freeform Research Studio, New York City, estimates that twelve of the 126 U.S. universities with accredited architectural programs have rapid prototyping machines and ...