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Advantages

Advantages of Rapid Prototyping:

Saving of time during the design process: an earlier product introduction will give you an important time advantage over the competition
Saving of money by automatically creating prototypes instead of by hand
Improving product quality by testing and improving the design in an early stage of the design process, long before production tooling
Improving communication within the design team and with third parties


The toolpath that has been calculated by DeskProto using the default milling parameters. These movements will be sent to the NC milling machine
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Advantages of NC milling versus layer oriented techniques:

Affordable machines make it possible to create the prototypes in house, much faster than by a service bureau: interactive prototyping
No problems with STL files that contain inconsistencies like cracks, self-intersecting surfaces and orphan surfaces
Large prototypes can be easily produced, using a large CNC milling machine or by combining separate parts or separate layers.
Lower price per prototype
Free choice of materials
Free choice of accuracy: a higher accuracy than stereolithography is easy because with NC milling the prototype does not deform after creation
Easy transfer to production tooling, which will also be done using NC milling


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The NC milling machine is now milling the prototype in PUR foam, which is a very easy material to use
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Advantages of DeskProto versus conventional CAM software:

Easier to be used: while conventional CAM software requires a trained CNC operator to correctly set all parameters, DeskProto can be operated by a designer without CNC training
Faster operation: while using conventional CAM software it takes hours of work to create and test the milling paths, DeskProto does the job fast, fully automatically and completely reliable
Price: DeskProto is much cheaper than any other 3D CAM software