The process of converting a digital file into a physical object has been around since the late 1980s, but only in the last few years has 3D printing caught on as a modeling tool in the design and construction industry. AEC firms have expressed high hopes for integrating 3D printing with BIM, laser scanning, and augmented reality-even for manufacturing building components. "3D printers have completely reinforced our modeling process," says James Brogan, AIA, Director of Firmware Technology at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, whose New York and London offices print up to 250 models a month. Early adopters will also tell you that 3D printing hasn't always lived up to expectations. Brogan says KPF's earliest 3D machines took forever to make models, only to have the models fall apart.
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机译：将数字文件转换为物理对象的过程始于1980年代后期，但是直到最近几年，3D打印才成为设计和建筑行业中的建模工具。 AEC公司对将3D打印与BIM，激光扫描和增强现实相集成（甚至用于制造建筑组件）表示了很高的期望。 “ 3D打印机已经完全加强了我们的建模流程，” Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates固件技术总监AIA詹姆斯·布罗根说，他在纽约和伦敦的办事处每月可打印多达250个模型。早期采用者还会告诉您3D打印并非总能达到期望。布罗根说，KPF最早的3D机器花了永远的时间来制作模型，只是使模型瓦解。
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