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摘要

There's a quiet revolution taking place in design, engineering and manufacturing. It's happening behind the scenes at leading automotive, aerospace and commercial product companies, at dental and hearing-device companies and within product inspection departments of industries ranging from turbine to electrical manufacturers. It's disruptive in its impact on speed, product differentiation and quality, while being complementary to established computer-aided design (CAD), manufacturing (CAM) and engineering (CAE) processes. It can cut manufacturing costs by over 80 per cent and more than half inspection times.