Proceeding from rapid prototyping (RP) fundamentals and advancing to separate dissections of popular systems, this informative reference/text encompasses the most essential aspects of the field-facilitating better understanding of RP capability and enhancing the process of concurrent engineering. Create more accurate prototypes from computer-aided design (CAD) models with step-by-step analyses of the most current operation systems.Promoting design and manufacturing techniques, Rapid Prototyping Technologyreviews operation principles and methods for most solid freeform technologies and historical systems data illustrates the uses and mechanical details for a number of systems, including laser-engineered net shaping, three-dimensional printing, fused deposition modeling, laminated object manufacturing, stereolithography, and selective laser sintering considers optimal applications, germane needs, and the advantages and disadvantages of each RP processdemonstrates a variety of operations through case studies in wind-tunnel testing and investment castingexamines RP in international settingsand more!Written from an expert machine operator’s perspective and containing numerous photographs, tables, convenient vendor references, and a reading list, Rapid Prototyping Technology fulfills the reference needs of mechanical, manufacturing, materials, plastics, software, computer, design, quality, and reliability engineers; and production and operations managers in manufacturing; and serves as an essential text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.