Geomagic was the perfect solution to our very specific need – to be able to create and easily manipulate detailed 3D models from point clouds, It enables us to produce highly accurate appliances that provide a custom-fit for each baby, and a means of specifying each patient’s unique 3D prescription.

When this project is finished, you will be able to take any portion of the statue and replicate it, This is significant because it means the statue as a symbol of freedom will always be safe for future generations.

We couldn't use the existing mold to create a new one because we couldn't take it off the line, So we had to come up with another way to produce a new mold.

There’s no doubt that the use of Geomagic Wrap has enabled us to offer services that we couldn’t offer before, More than that though, perhaps the biggest benefit internally is that with a 3D digital model, management can see what is being done and can have confidence in the process, as well as in the end result.

The first hurdle was the fact that we didn’t have a CAD model for the car’s shell, We had a week to reverse-engineer the entire body.

In this age of digital and video games, simulators are a natural way for students to learn. The Simbionix simulators help the learning curve with basics such as depth perception and becoming comfortable with the non-dominant hand, to the mastery of skills and procedures long before operating on patients.

3D printing has become so important to my clinical practice that I just can’t imagine going back.

What really struck us about 3D Systems' On Demand Manufacturing service was that we could upload our CAD data to their website and generate a price right there on-the-fly, So literally, in less than a minute, you’ve got a price back on how much it will cost whether you make one or 10,000.

The RobotiX Mentor system allows for convenient acquisition of virtual reality surgical simulation hours in a comfortable, convenient, and non-sterile environment. It allows us to practice both basic and advanced robotic surgical skills in a setting outside of the operating suite. This provides convenience to both attending and resident surgeons alike.

3D Systems has boosted that experience with procedural modules, so that now more experienced robotics surgeons can come in and actually practice operations as opposed to just practicing skills. They are getting a lot of benefit from that. There are many parts of operations that are very stress-inducing for the attendings as well as for the trainees. What that means is that you might not get to do this in the operating room until the end of your training if at all. The nice thing about Robotix Mentor is that it lets us do these portions of a procedure multiple times in a fairly comfortable environment and practice these very difficult parts of the operations.

It was extremely easy transitioning from traditional methods to the Freeform modeling system.

Prior to the ARTHRO Mentor, we were unable to assess whether or not the residents were ready to perform arthroscopy other than in the operating room. Now, we have a very good idea of what they are capable of and I feel much more comfortable allowing them to participate in cases on actual patients.

Sometimes a FAIR will take six months alone before you can even start your manufacturing, but within three to four months we were approved and shipping product for a foreign military. In terms of speed to market in aerospace, that’s very, very fast.

We were pushing out a lot of faces, often 24/7, and Bill Craig [3D Rapid Prototyping President/CFO] and his team were always there to help us out.

We used [3D printing] for a very specific purpose with the realism that they wanted in the faces, and the textures and the differences in color would not have been possible by hand-painting. And that’s why they have that nice texture on them...I find that aesthetically brilliant and it also saved us a lot of time.

Recent stop-motion animated features typically erase those lines digitally, but that was not our choice for Anomalisa. Rather than a distracting element, the seams serve as subtle and persistent signs of the incredible artistry on display in the film.