From the course: Insights on Automotive Design with Veejay Gahir

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Have new technologies like 3D printing had an effect on the design process?

Have new technologies like 3D printing had an effect on the design process?

From the course: Insights on Automotive Design with Veejay Gahir

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Have new technologies like 3D printing had an effect on the design process?

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3D printing that is a great subject. it's, it's come a long way and just in a last few years. If we look at the costs of 3D printing. So when I started in the industry, we, we had a we used to do SLAs, or stereolithography prototypes. And these models, you know, you would book a time for them and they would take, you know, take a, a day to make and they were kind of a resin. And you'd have to hand finish them and then spray them. So now 3D print is now producing super accurate models. You know, you can have color impregnated in there. They're actually a, an identical representation of what the final product will look like. Now will these, you know, replace full blown production tools? Not in the near future. but, I can see that happening to some degree. Now boutique car makers who are making like, maybe just 12 vehicles a year or one-offs. The ability to be able to create a 3D model or a 3D component using let's say, powder metallurgy. So you're basically taking powder, you're going…

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