| Even if you can rotate the virtual model and inspect it from all sides you don’t have the haptic sensation of the product and the possibility to assess its absolute dimensions.
Prototyping in the course of the design process has proved to be helpful to evaluate the form and - in most cases - also the functionality of the product. |
As an intermediate step before producing the actual prototype, we often create a stereolithography (STL) model. On the basis of the product’s 3d data and a liquid polymer hardening when exposed to laser light the model is built layer by layer. This process allows us to set up and evaluate realistic models without much effort.
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