From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Mold Design
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Why cast instead of 3D printing? - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Mold Design
Why cast instead of 3D printing?
- [Instructor] First off, I wanna say that 3D printing is really cool; it's so cool. You could do so much with it that we couldn't do before, but it's got its limit. These limits come to the fore when you move past display models into functional prototypes. Improvements are being made all the time on the strength and durability of available materials. However, not every project can be solved with filament the same way that not every problem is a nail. So it's time to extend the toolbox just a little. For example, you need to make 10 of these. They're cute little desk toys that don't need to bear weight or pressure or attach to anything. You've got access to a handy desktop 3D printer, piece of cake, right? But wait, your social media photo of this project goes viral and turns your order into the magnitude of thousands. How fast can you 3D print this design anyway? Is there a way you could make this process go faster? In fact, you could. You could send off the digital design to a…
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