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APMM QuarterlyNewsletter of the Association of Professional Model Makers
The Economy and APMM:A Message from the President
APMM President, Hal Chaffee, has sometips for model makers in these trying times.
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Fall 2009
INSIDE…The Economy and APMM
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Update p.5FAB book review p.13SME RAPID 2009 p.14
OUTSIDE…The Fabrication
Laboratory at HarvardOne of the conference tour stops:http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/inside/cadcam/index.html
THE LAB @ HarvardNot to be confused with the fab lab. This newly opened department at Harvard mixes artists with scientists.http://www.thelaboratory.harvard.edu
MIT MuseumAnother conference tour stophttp://web.mit.edu/museum/
RAPID 2010 Conference & ExpositionAnaheim, CAMay 18 - 20, 2010www.sme.org/rapid
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Book Review: “FAB: The Coming Revolution On Your Desktop –From Personal Computers To Personal Fabrication”by Neil Gershenfeld p.13
SME RAPID 2009 Expo Overview p.14
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You can also search the Find a Member directory on the left hand side of the APMM website landing page - search by state, type of model making (i.e. prototypes) or any other criteria you want to try. You may find members to contact that do the kind of work that you are interested in doing. The Executive Director and the Board Members may also know of some job opportunities or can point you in the right direction in your search. With the help of APMM member Gene Rizzardi I was able to help a college engineering student find out more about a career pathway in Special Effects and some possibilities for a summer internship. I’ve received about 20 other inquiries regarding a job search over the past 8 months. See the best advice I know of for a job search at: http://www.idsa.org/PDFs/Get_a_Job_08.pdf
Recently I suggested to one model maker that he check the blog on the www.shapeways.com site as I noticed that there were several requests to hire an experienced model maker to help with CAD files and special finish work on a project that Shapeways will make as a plastic or metal rapid prototyping part for whoever contacts them. Shapeways also lets you set up your own store on their site where you get a license fee for CAD drawings you post and can sell parts you have Shapeways make for you.
I’ve found that any effort that I put into the APMM (conferences, resources, member collaboration, etc.) more than pays off in terms of finding new clients, new suppliers, new employees, new model making techniques, etc. In today’s internet economy collaboration is one of the keys to success, and the APMM is a great place for you to collaborate.
The Economy and APMM: A Message from the President
Trying to figure out what is just around the corner and planning for it is difficult in the current weak economy. The APMM may be able to help you if you take advantage of APMM resources, communicate with the APMM Board members and Executive Director, and attend the APMM 2010 Conference on March 26-29, 2010.
If you are looking for clients you may want to search the Find a Member directory on the APMM website landing page. Sometimes model shops at corporations (or even independent shops) need to go outside for help on rush jobs or when they cut back on personnel in their shop. They are especially likely to have you do work for them if you are located in the same area. Also look at the online and print magazines under resources in the member’s website. You may find ideas for companies to call for possible work or ads from companies that need models made. Schools and other institutions use outside model makers. Hasbro recently completed a project for the Rhode Island School of Design. Hasbro proposed and helped create a course around Cranium, a Hasbro board game that requires critical making and thinking (see the page 24 article in the Sept. /Oct. 2009 issue of I.D. magazine).
If you are looking for a job or internship check the APMM listings for employment opportunities. Also look on the member’s website in Resources under magazines (both online and printed). Many of these magazines like Entertainment Engineering have job listings.
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APMM 2010 Conference
Revolutions in technology are changing everything very fast these days. See “Tinkering Makes a Comeback Amid Crisis” in the November 12, 2009 online version of the Wall Street Journal that has a short video, an article, a slideshow and comments at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125798004542744219.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories.
I’ve learned a lot just helping to plan the conference. Personal fabricators and the internet are causing a boom in prototyping as individuals, small companies and medium size companies (large companies too) discover that the cost of segmenting markets and producing products for those market segments is now profitable. You don’t have to sell to mass markets and mass produce to make a nice profit. We are at the beginning of the boom for prototyping which is expanding rapidly as the cost of entry for marketing and producing products continues to drop fast. Model makers are positioned perfectly to capitalize on this boom since they know how to make prototypes and many are familiar with advanced software and equipment. Check out this short YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_HNy2b4wrs&feature=PlayList&p=44DD93E2981B7A34&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=8 by MIT’s Michael Schrage, author of “Serious Play”, a popular book on innovation.
The APMM 2010 Conference will be in Boston, Massachusetts. Harvard and MIT are in Cambridge and RISD is not far away in Providence, Rhode Island. There are conference tours to all three of these leading institutions which are the source of major innovations such as rapid prototyping.
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In February 2009, Neil Gershenfeld, our conference keynote speaker, wrote an article called “Is MIT obsolete?” See http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/is_mit_obsolete/. The point of the article is that with today’s technology MIT should be able to bring the school to you wherever you are instead of the other way around. So don’t wait for the conference, start your education online now. MIT has Open Course Ware which you can find at: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm , and this includes some audio/video courses. The web address for MIT’s toy design course resource list is posted on the APMM member resources under Instructional Articles and Videos. MIT’s founder believed that you learn much more if you have labs. There are lots of videos, etc. on the advanced projects going on in MIT’s labs. Put in Google “MIT CSAIL videos” to find the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab videos or go to http://www.csail.mit.edu/taxonomy/term/27 and click on robotics in the left hand column under Video Archive for a list of interesting videos. Put in Google “MIT Media Lab videos”. I like the SixthSense video. Also go to http://labcast.media.mit.edu/ and click on #42 Chameleon Guitar. Check out the other MIT labs. The videos will give you a sense of where technology is headed.
Drawing and model making are core disciplines in some of RISD’s departments. See this video presented by Leslie Fontana, Head of the Department Industrial Design about the importance of model making http://www.risd.edu/industrial.cfmat RISD.
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Most APMM members will be very interested in Neil Gershenfeld’s keynote speech on Saturday night. Your APMM Board members read his 2006 book “FAB… from personal computers to personal fabrication” and you may want to read it before the conference. For those APMM members who want to find out about the complex technical details of how personal fabricators will work most efficiently at some point in the future please look at the one hour video of Neil’s Google Tech Talk on October 24, 2008 titled “Programming Bits and Atoms” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ubXgXM7kk . You’ll learn about Internet 0 and a $1.00 network device, an intelligent infrastructure for energy efficiency, the benefits of asynchronous logic automata (ALA) to optimize the change from bits to atoms, the thinner client and High-Gain antennas, The FAB Foundation, The FAB Fund and the interspecies internet.
The APMM 2010 Conference has a focus on prototyping now and in the near future. According to Neil Gershenfeld the revolution from analog to digital started with digital communications in 1945, digital computation in 1955 and digital fabrication in 2005. We’ll explore the implications for model making at the APMM 2010 Conference as well as more traditional model making disciplines. Hope to see you there and we look forward to talking with new members from Harvard, MIT and RISD. Arrive for the conference on Thursday so that you can attend Pecha Kucha Boston night where APMM is a co-host with four of the presenters and mingle with the Boston creative community. ■
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Vendors, you are indispensible to our industry. Our demonstration workshops and Trade Show can be a lucrative source of business for you. Camera Graphics of Portland OR is one of the companies that have seen a significant increase in orders after presenting at an APMM conference. Conference attendees will often pass on new product and technology information they learn about to other firms in their local areas, in addition to their co-workers. Bring your products, do a demonstration, show us your best stuff!
Modelshops are creating the future, now more than ever! MIT’s Fab Lab project is setting up facilities all around the world, including in American cities, where local people learn to use 3D printers, laser systems, CNC machining centers and other resources to create things to solve their own problems and improve their lives. Where is the opportunity in that for modelmakers, who are already really good at those activities? Dr. Neil Gershenfeld from MIT invented the Fab Lab and will answer these questions and more in his Keynote Address to conference attendees.
The APMM wants your ideas, your stories of success and challenges, your know-how, your solutions, your enthusiasm and, most importantly, your attendance in Boston, March 26-29, 2010. See you there! ■ -by Bruce Willey, Conference VPThe next page in this newsletter is a PDF of the registration form that can be emailed, faxed, or mailed in.
Register for the APMM Conference and Trade Show Now
What is the best thing you can do to maintain or even improve your shop’s competitive edge in 2010? Attend the APMM Conference and Trade Show in Boston, MA this March! You will see some of the most advanced technology in our industry in action. Highly skilled craftspeople will share their techniques with you. Successful business managers will answer your questions about operating a safe, profitable shop.
Do you want some career development pointers or help getting started in professional modelmaking? Are you looking for qualified people for your staff? Again, Boston is where you need to be in March! Various career tracks such as Special Effects, Architectural Modelmaking, Product Development and others will be covered. Students, you will have the opportunity to meet potential employers, learn presentation skills and show your portfolios. Enter the Student Model Making Contest so prospective employers can see your work. You may even win valuable prizes! Form on page 12.
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This form can be emailed, faxed, or mailed in.
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UPDATE: APMM 2010 Conference Tours!New England is home to many entities and institutions of design using models and fabrication methods. We currently have four tours in store, three Friday, and one on Monday. Check out what we have for tours :
FRIDAY, March 26th, 2010
Tour AInventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen is perhaps best known for the electric-powered Segway personal transport vehicle. But Kamen and the team at DEKA Research and Development Corporation have also pioneered technologies as diverse as prosthetic limbs, clean electricity generation, and water purification. Take a tour through DEKA and visit some of the various labs and areas employed to use prototyping as an integral part of the design and engineering process. You will learn a little about DEKA’s history and its founder, Dean Kamen, and visit their Development lab, polyurethane casting lab, RP machine lab (Objet, SLS, FDM), and the multi-axis machine shop. During the tour, you will learn about some of DEKA’s past products, getting a unique view of the extraordinary innovations that set DEKA apart as an R&D company.
Enjoy lunch at Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant where you’ll feast on a sumptuous beef or chicken taco bar, soda and dessert.(Vegetarian option is available – please contact [email protected] to request.)
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Then we’ll head to the nearby SEE Science Center for a behind-the-scenes look at an interactive learning center. Established in 1986 to promote the enjoyment and achievements of science, technology, engineering and math, the SEE currently has more than 75 hands-on exhibits which focus on many different topics. SEE is also the home of the LEGO® Millyard Project. This project is the largest permanent LEGO® installation at mini-figure scale in the world as certified by the LEGO® Company. It represents the historic millyard in Manchester, NH where the SEE Science Center is located. During your visit, you will not only be able to explore these exhibits on your own, but will have a behind the scenes tour of the facility and how we create our exhibits. Each of our hands-on exhibits is a model of a scientific phenomenon that is created so that the public can connect with science. You will also get a behind the scenes look at how the LEGO® Millyard Project was created. The tour will include ample opportunity for questions.
This full day tour departs the Hyatt Regency Hotel by 9 am on Friday and returns to the hotel around 5 pm.
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FRIDAY, March 26th, 2010
Tour BModel makers know that play is a serious thing! Recently, the venerable Rhode Island School of Design’s ID education department partnered with design powerhouse Hasbro to employ the multifaceted board game Cranium to develop a “critical making and thinking” course for RISD students .
Get ready to explore Hasbro’s World Headquarters and Development Center where you’ll learn the history of one of the largest toy makers in the world. Take a tour of their toy model development department, showcasing their RP, traditional model making and hand painting departments. The tour will also include the development and prototype sampling of some of their animatronics products as well as a look at their RP facility and the technologies that support it. They will demonstrate their hand painting techniques and procedures for creating traditional action figures. We’ll tour their in-house Cake Mix Studios where TV commercials, sizzle videos and other media are produced. Finally, a look at the quality assurance processes that showcase their testing labs. Due to proprietary processes and projects, no photography will be allowed. Competitor restrictions will apply.*
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Then, off to a relaxing lunch at Hasbro’s onsite Café to enjoy a sumptuous sandwich buffet, complete with chips, drink and dessert. Your lunch is provided compliments of the Hasbro team!(Vegetarian option is available – please contact [email protected] to request.)
Our last tour stop will be the Rhode Island School of Design. Founded in 1877, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is a vibrant community of artists and designers that includes 2,200 students from around the world and approximately 350 faculty and curators. RISD offers 16 undergraduate majors and three concentrations for a wealth of programs in art and design. We will visit the school’s Architecture, Furniture Design and Industrial Design departments to discover what the industry’s up-and-coming professionals are learning, through touring their facilities and speaking directly with faculty and students.
This full day tour departs the Hyatt Regency Hotel by 9 am on Friday and returns to the hotel around 5 pm.«This tour is partially sponsored by Hasbro!
*NOTE: If your company might be considered a competitor, please contact Samanthi Martinez at 315-750-0803 or email [email protected] to inquire before selecting this tour.
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FRIDAY, March 26th, 2010
Tour CWhat better way to remember our visit to Boston than to see two local powerhouses of design and innovation!
This tour takes you first to Continuum, where “models are integral to the design development process and give us the critical feedback we need to make game-changing, innovative products.” The folks at Continuum have designed a space, philosophy and a collaborative environment in which their people thrive, have fun, and make a meaningful impact on their business. We’ll visit their ultra-versatile workspace, wander through their lavish library of materials, gizmos and gadgets, see their beautiful collection of tools and all of the resources they believe to be indispensible to the art of model making.
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Then take a break for a savory feast from Blue Ribbon BBQ at Continuum’s nearby “gigantic, top secret” Experience Lab, complete with homemade desserts, sweet tea and lemonade. Your lunch is provided compliments of the Continuum team!(Vegetarian option is available – please contact [email protected] to request.)
On to the model shop at Bose Corporation, where “decades of discovery and innovative thinking” go into each of their products! We’ll be welcomed by Mike Laude, director of industrial design, then view a short film on “True to Life Multi-Media demonstration.” Finally, we’ll tour the Bose Prototyping Facilities. We’ll conclude the day with a coffee reception hosted by Bose at their Corporate Center Cafeteria.
This full day tour departs the Hyatt Regency Hotel by 9 am on Friday and returns to the hotel around 5 pm.«This tour is partially sponsored by Continuum!
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MONDAY, March 29th, 2010
Tour DTour the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Fabrication Lab, where their mission is “to teach the latest in modeling and fabrication technologies while also instilling a sense of craftsmanship.” The shop features the most current CNC and rapid prototyping equipment where craftsmanship is emphasized at every stage in the fabrication process, from digital modeling to hand finishing. Stephen Hickey, the SHOP’s CAD/CAM Coordinator will lead the tour of the physical facility, which includes a fully equipped woodworking shop, a machine shop, laser cutters, a 3D printing lab, robotic arms, a water jet cutter, and a CNC gantry mill router. “Being model-makers and craftsmen ourselves, we are very familiar with issues such as the technology and craftsmanship challenges faced by architectural students.” Find out what graduate students in architecture at one of the country’s most respected universities are learning in a theoretically-based architectural program.
Break for lunch at the place where "everybody knows your name", TV's famous Cheers Boston "The Replica Bar" at Faneuil Hall to enjoy a scrumptious lunch with your choice of the "Cheers Burger" and side of French Fries, or their Pasta Primavera, both come with a fountain soda but other beverages will be available for your own purchase.
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Then on to the Boston City Hall to view the Boston Redevelopment Authority Scale Model of the Downtown Boston, which was created in the 1980s and is still in use. For decades, all proposals for new buildings within the site’s range have required a model of the proposed work (at a 1" = 40' scale) to be placed in the model room and be reviewed as part of the process for city planning approval. We will be guided by David Carlson, Senior Architect at the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) as we walk around the gigantic model which is constantly updated to reflect significant changes in the skyline as well as at ground level.
Our final stop is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Museum, where we’ll explore one of the hallmarks of innovation, with ongoing exhibits on robotics, holography, and Gestural Engineering: the Sculpture of Arthur Ganson. Ganson’s work is often described as “Rube Goldberg meets Jean-Paul Sartre.” A special exhibition called Sampling MIT with seven distinct and broad topics that connect the present to the future.
This full day tour departs the Hyatt Regency Hotel by 9 am on Friday and returns to the hotel around 5 pm. «This tour is sponsored by Objet Geometries!
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FALL 2009APMM QuarterlyBook Review: “FAB: The Coming Revolution On Your Desktop – From Personal Computers To Personal Fabrication”It is quite apparent upon reading “FAB”, that Neil Gershenfeld has already written about the inevitable history of the future. Mr. Gershenfeld takes us on a journey looking forward in time while simultaneously having both feet firmly planted in the past endeavors that have brought personal fabrication to its current state of existence.
“FAB” is not the “how-to-do-it-yourself” manual on rapid prototyping that you might expect as much as it is a “why-to-do-it-yourself” examination of individual options for creation and fabrication. By examining the people and events that have lead up to the modern state of personal fabrication, we learn about the fascinating development cycle that is the birth and rebirth of art and technology. As artisans and craftsmen created their own individual works, they were also beginning to create the mass production technology demanded by an increasing populace in need of their talents and skills. This would eventually disrupt the notion of creative expression and personal independence.
Today's world view of “This is what we'll make, this is what you'll take.”, is falling to the wayside as personal fabrication finds its way back into the hands of the individual. The technology is now being co-opted to create the “art” that the artisan once managed to do on their own. Artistic learning and personal freedom are overcoming rectilinear teaching and mass production. The individual is now able to take matters into their own hands without the need of relying on what is made available to them by someone else. Resources like the Instuctables.com website and MAKE Magazine are evidence.
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“FAB” is filled with numerous examples of inspiring situations. No longer restricted by the constraints of what is made available to them, the individual is free to choose the “whats”, “wheres”, “whens”, “whys” and “hows” of personal fabrication. That is, unless the self-replicating automatons of the coming robot apocalypse have anything to say about it.
Contributor: Dennis Heinzeroth, APMM Member
*Visit the Recommended Book section at modelmakers.org for an APMM member discount on your “FAB” purchase.
Title: "FAB: The Coming Revolution On Your Desktop - From Personal Computers To Personal Fabrication” Author: Neil GershenfeldPublisher: Basic BooksPub. Date: H.C. 2005, P.B. 2007
Author Professor Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of The Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT, and has written books on the interactions of mankind ‘s ever-developing use of technology. Neil is also APMM 2010’s conference keynote speaker. APMM member Dennis Heinzeroth reviews Neil’s most recent book.
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Terry Wellman, APMM’s Vendor VP, reviews the May 2009 RAPID show in Schaumburg, IL
There comes a time when every model shop owner is faced with a decision - grow the company with new technology or risk becoming stagnant and irrelevant within the marketplace.Has your company has been going back and forth on whether to purchase new prototyping equipment?Have your model makers been dropping hints that
you need to start looking into new technologies? Perhaps you’ve lost talent to some of the bigger shops because those people wanted to work with cutting edge technologies.Have your sales people mentioned that they’re losing work to other shops that have modernized and streamlined their processes?Do your people have the skills and knowledge to use newer equipment?Rapid Prototyping has taken huge steps since its infancy in the late 1980’s and is helping model makers modernize their processes. Whether additive or subtractive rapid prototyping can help you create more highly detailed models with more accuracy and speed.
The Society of Manufacturing Executives (SME)’s RAPID tradeshow is the quintessential Additive Manufacturing showplace in North America. It is an annual show that now includes the 3D Imaging Conference. Both technology sectors go hand in hand. Machine capabilities now include short run production, production of metal parts and scanning machines at the small end (dental implants) to the large end (an entire building). RAPID is in a different city each year. In 2009 RAPID ran from May 12-14 in Schaumburg, IL just outside of Chicago.
RAPID kicked off with a keynote address given by Mike North who has a PhD in Engineering and was the host of the television show "Prototype This!". To see some past shows, a DVD is available for $15.00 at: www.northdesignlabs.com . Dr. North’s address was titled "Git 'Er Done". He has been instrumental in developing nanotechnology applications such as a gecko-inspired reversible adhesive.
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This year’s show included equipment manufacturers, a technical college, several industry related associations, consumables manufacturers, distributors, the 3D Imaging show, and various technical symposiums on the use of RP technology and 3D Imaging in the real world. APMM’s Technology VP Charles Overy was a presenter in the Architectural Modeling Workshop. APMM member Michael Raphael gave a morning keynote overview of the latest in digital scanning.
2009 RAPID Show Workshops included:
Fundamentals: from Rapid Technologies and Additive Manufacturing to Medical Implant Scanning & Manufacturing
Metal Parts using Additive Technologies
Reverse Engineering & 3D Data Capture
Accelerating Architecture with Additive Manufacturing
Metal Casting Applications for RPM
How a model of the City of Chicago was made for the Chicago Architectural Foundation using rapid prototyping.
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APMM President Hal Chaffee and I manned the APMM booth at this year’s RAPID. We had an impressive three-panel display from which we handed out many membership forms and coupons for the APMM 2010 Conference in Boston. We generated a good deal of interest in the APMM. We met with many manufacturers to discuss not only technology but also APMM Vendor membership. It was well worth the effort.
At RAPID you can see the latest and greatest additive rapid prototyping systems available to professional model makers and manufacturers. Today, the latest technology does not necessarily mean that all of this equipment is priced outside of your budget. Gone are the days of the quarter million dollar prototyping systems as standard fare.
Among several products that Stratasys of Eden Prairie, MN was displaying was their new $14,995.00 Dimension printer. This printer produces ABS models in a 6" x 8" x 6" envelope from spooled ABS line. The support structure is water based and easy to wash away from the model. This printer coupled with consumables will put you into 3D printing with ABS plastic for under $20,000.00Another manufacturer is working on a RP machine that will cost less than $10,000.00 when released.
The big news at the show was metal components made through Fused Deposition Modeling or FDM. FDM has been used on the plastics side for a number of years. However with metal FDM, injection molds can be grown without having to mill out vents, gates, and ejection pin locations. Production quality metal parts can be made with FDM and put out into the field in no time. Product evaluation and testing will experience a significant time compression through this technology.
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ProMetal, LLC of Irwin, PA had a metal model of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France made with their Metaltec 3D metal printing technology. Sales rep Jenna Gragg stated that all they need is a .stl file to direct metal print a model, tool, workpiece or mold using this technology. See www.prometal.com . ProMetal RCT was there too with a machine that creates sandcasting molds and cores printed directly from CAD. See www.prometal-rct.com.
Dimension uPrint
ProMetal, LLC direct metal printed model in stainless steel alloy
C.ideas of Cary, IL displayed a large scale model of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning plane showing the interior framework. The model was developed for marketing purposes in order to show how C.ideas is able to combine RP technologies in order to manufacture prototype models. President Mike Littrell explained that they built the model using FDM, Polyjet, and SLA technologies and that it was built using various colors of ABS plastic – Steel Grey, Marigold, Black ABS, VeroBlack, TangoBlack and Accura 60 photopolymeric resin. See their website at: www.rapid3d.com .
C.ideas P-38 prototype
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Bruce Bradshaw, Objet’s Director of Marketing, demonstrated their new Alaris30 Desktop 3-D Printing System. It has a build envelope of 11.81” x 7.87” x 5.9” and 600 x 600 dpi. Thin photopolymer layers (0.0011 inch) create smooth highly detailed models. The Alaris30 comes in at a $35,000.00 base plus service and consumables. Objet gave away multiple component models such as a working wrench as samples showing their new machine's capabilities.
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Z Corp's Director of Marketing, Julie Reece, was showing their latest 3D printer with color printing
capability. Z Corp printed a special 3D object (see the results in the paragraph on Direct Dimensions below)
using a 3D scan taken at the show.
BJB Enterprises was at RAPID to display castings made with their latest resins. Sales Manager Mike Richards was on hand with a large martini glass that one of their customers made using BJB water clear resin. Many APMM members use BJB products in their products.
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The 3D Imaging Conference and Trade Show had representation from 90% of the world’s laser scanner manufacturers. Many APMM members have begun using 3D scanning technology to capture the details of existing objects, whether they are structures, industrial equipment, or something organic and convert them to file formats that can be edited in CAD. As an example, real estate management companies have been using this service to archive historic buildings in order to keep a record of how a building looks prior to preservation.
Some of the 3D Imaging presentations covered 3D Imaging Applications, Processing for Deliverables, Scan My Part and Imaging on the Horizon.
3D scanning is seeing growth in many industries: Advertising, Architecture, Automotive, Cartography, Defense, Packaging, and many others that also use model makers and are experiencing heavier use of 3D Imaging technology and equipment. Specific uses include legacy part re-engineering, aftermarket component design, architectural preservation, medical models, and artifact copies.
APMM member Michael Raphael of Direct Dimensions and his staff displayed multiple laser scanning equipment systems that they use in the field and in studio settings. In fact, Harry Abramson of Direct Dimensions and I posed for a picture taken by APMM President Hal Chaffee. Harry looks a bit like me don’t you think? Actually, I was holding a 3d print that was created from a digital face scan of Harry and printed on a Z Corp 3D color printer at the show. Direct Dimensions had a face scanning system set up in one corner of their booth.
Rapid prototyping allows model makers to make the future happen faster. The equipment and technologies presented to RAPID attendees is both astonishing yet somehow expected by those of us who are already working with RPM. To draw an object on a computer, then have a machine sitting on your desk create it is becoming more the norm lately. The future of model making is not around the corner. It is here now.
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APMM’s Terry Wellman holding Harry Abramson’s 3D scanned and RP printed face.
For more information on how rapid prototyping, rapid manufacturing and 3D scanning can benefit you, please join us in Boston March 26-29, 2010 at the APMM 2010 Conference. Speaker Neil Gershenfeld, MIT’s Director of the Center for Bits and Atoms will deliver the keynote address to provide insight as to what is ahead. APMM Vendor Members will be there to answer your questions. To quote one retail company “An educated consumer is our best customer”.
Rapid 2010 Conference & Exposition will be at the Disneyland Hotel, May 18 to 20, 2010. http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/get-event.pl?--001887-000007-home--SME-
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What is a RepRap?See this website for the details: http://www.reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHomeone page description in PDF format: http://www.reprap.org/pub/Main/WebHome/one-page.pdf .
Tidbits: MiscellanyCheck out www.sparkfun.com for interesting electronic projects and products – some of which (sensors, etc.) you may be able to use. Here’s a pumpkin launcher with an electronic altitude tracker and a corn cob shooter: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=296.
Chicago Architecture Foundation’s new 1”= 50’scale “Chicago Model City” features more than 1,000 buildings in a 25’ X 35’ cityscape and marks the centennial of Daniel Burnham’s plan of Chicago. The model is displayed in the lobby of the Santa Fe Building on Michigan Avenue – the same structure where Burnham worked on his plan. The model is on display from June 10 to November 20, 2009. See this video: http://www.planetizen.com/node/40012#
Projects by Dr. Michael North the host of the TV program series PROTOTYPE THIS! Click on http://www.northdesignlabs.com/home.htm and then click on PROTOTYPE THIS! After that click on About the Show. Later go back and click on Cutting Room Floor. Dr. North was the opening keynote speaker at the 2009 RAPID tradeshow. Dr. North’s thesis was a micro/nano-fabricated gecko-inspired reversible adhesive. Innovation through materials is what he does.
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The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation is a treasure trove of information. See http://invention.smithsonian.org/home/ . Be sure to click on Centerpieces and then on the exhibit “Doodles, Drafts and Designs”.
“The CNC shrinks from industrial size to individual size”. See this article from the September 2009 issue of Design World magazine: http://www.designworldonline.com/articles/4663/249/The-CNC-Shrinks-from-Industrial-Size-to-Individual-Size.aspx
Check out this source for over 132 years of 18,000 tools, supplies and equipment used by craftsmen and technicians in model making, machining, watch making, optical, dental, jewelry, lapidary, and metal working: www.grobetusa.com .
See the mechanism that operates what is probably the world’s smallest train layout on Mini-mini-train video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKXYdzH0DKA .
Help build a RepRap at the APMM 2010 Conference
Would you like to help do some of the assembly to create a RepRap Version II “Mendel” Personal Fabricator in advance of the APMM 2010 Conference, and complete final assembly at the conference? Please email APMM Executive Director Samanthi Martinez at [email protected] let her know if you are interested in participating. She will add you to the team. Kohler Co. is sponsoring this project. Thanks to Charles Overy, APMM Technology VP, for the idea.
We will award the assembled RepRap to the school of the student who wins the APMM Student Model Making Competition at the APMM 2010 Conference.
RepRap Version II (Mendel)
FALL 2009APMM Quarterly
Employment Listings
Newsletter Article and Advertisement Submissions
Article submissions by members are more than welcome and can be made at any time to Julie Chen, [email protected]. Articles may be postponed to later issues, due to limited space, or subject relevance. Interested in advertising? Please contact Samanthi Martinez for more info:
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A Request from the VP of Communications and Newsletter Editor
Hello APMM members,
Thank you for taking the time to read your APMM Quarterly newsletter. Being editor of this newsletter and collaborator on the design of the new website for the past two years has been fun, a great way to network, and a credit towards my professional career. At the upcoming conference in March, elections for the voluntary board positions will be held, and I am sorry to say I cannot rerun for the position, as I am juggling a full-time position as lead model maker for the architecture firm, Payette Associates, and also enrolled at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the Studio for Interrelated Media.
I urge anyone who has an interest in visual media and cares about model making to step-up to the plate, and to take the opportunity to network, stay on top of current developments, and sweeten your résumé. Perks include free APMM membership and conference admission (for 2012). If you are interested, please contact me at [email protected].
Sincerely,Julie Chen, APMM VP of Communications, Newsletter Editor
