Rapid Suggests a Sea Change in Methodology

摘要

I couldn't help gravitating toward the Paul Bunyon-sized martini glass that was drawing the attention of many engineers at the SME Rapid 2009 event last month in Schaumberg, IL. After wondering where the gin was, I started to think the size of that martini glass might represent the expanding capabilities and opportunities of rapid technologies.rnWhile the show might have had fewer attendees than last year's due to our current economy, the engineers I talked with all had strong reasons for being there. Many were from smaller companies already using rapid prototyping, rapid manufacturing, service bureaus, scanning, and reverse engineering, or had compelling reasons to start to.