RP Link Pages

CIMWare's Hot Engineering Websites CIMWare is an engineering technology multimedia developer and has extensive listings for RP and other engineering and manufacturing resources. Last update was possibly June, 2000.

FoundryOnline.com A good entry point for learning more about RP as it concerns the casting industry. Has links to many foundry related sites and some tutorial information about basic commercial RP processes.

Henri Koukka's Whole RP Family Tree An extensive early listing of RP technologies with links to many other sites. The original web page is no longer available, but this is a link to a mirror site in Russia.

Lebedev Physics Institute (Russia) The site is run by Senior Researcher Dr. Igor Shishkovsky. In addition to describing the technical work being done there, he has devoted a page to additive fabrication links in Russia, including service bureaus, manufacturer's reps, etc. The material is not otherwise easy to find, or even see, in most web browsers.

Protorapid (Spain) Portal for RP and CAD related subjects in the Spanish speaking world.

Rapid Prototyping Home Page One of the earliest listings of university and government programs, service bureaus and all things RP. Maintained by Andrei Novacs, formerly at the University of Utah.

Rapid Prototyping Systems Available in Japan This is a list maintained by the Japanese Association of the Rapid Prototyping Industry. Many of the linked pages are in Japanese, but the specs and pictures can often be understood.

Rapid Prototyping Links Mehdi Allahverdi of Rutgers University maintains this page covering technology, web resources, universities, etc.

Virginia Tech / Jan Helge Bohn's Link Page Last update was in 1998, but extensive.

Wohlers Associates Inc. RP articles and market studies by Wohlers Associates.

WorldWide Rapid Prototyping Related Sites Maintained by Dr. Hiroyuki Narahara, Kyushu Institue of Technology. Emphasis is on Japan and Asia, but last update was July, 1999. The site seems to disappear at times.

Reverse Engineering Link Pages

NRC Visual Information Technology (VIT) Group (Canada)

Raindrop Geomagic RE software manufacturer provides links to hardware manufacturers, and a scanner comparison table in pdf format. Free registration required.

Sculptor.org Scanning & Imaging Directory Extensive and fairly up to date directory. Useful for technologists as well as artists.

Simple 3D Wide selection of links to commercial and academic sites.

Compleat Rapid Prototyping Mailing List Archive Every posting to the RPML for approximately the last 7+ years is available for free downloading to your own hard drive. Many thousands of pages of writings and retributions about RP. More data than you thought you wanted or needed.

Do you have a question about additive fabrication? We may already have answered it! See our Mailbag Section for answers to many typical questions - and also some downright unusual ones.

Heliakon Solar Sintering Lab This is Jim Mallos' site dedicated to speculations and discussions concerning the use of sunlight as an energy source for selective sintering.

OpenRP A non-profit initiative spearheaded by Floating Point Solutions which aims at offering the RP industry an alternative mode of data exchange while maintaining compatibility with the industry standard STL file format. The idea is to provide a file format with expandable properties and backward compatibility. The company is encouraging discussion and debate on the subject. OpenRP offers free software to read and write RP files.

RapidToday.com An independent resource for users of rapid prototyping, rapid manufacturing, and 3D printing. RapidToday features RP news, directories, and discussion forums.

RP2community.com The French Rapid Prototyping Assoc. (AFPR) and the Art-of-Design Co. have built a web site for RP collaboration and information dissemination. Most material is accessible only by members and the site is in French.

TurkCADCAM mailing list Discussions concerning Turkish CAD/CAM/CAE, as well as reverse engineering, rapid prototyping and rapid tooling sectors. There are several thousand members of the group. (in Turkish)

The Casting List An email discussion group covering modelmaking, mold-making, and casting. Various materials and techniques are discussed. Also has a companion web site.

Advanced Technology Consultants, LLC CAD and RP consulting services.

Business Communications Corp. Offers technical and marketing reports on RP and other technology areas.

Cheshire Henbury (UK) Publishes a management report on rapid prototyping covering strategic, organisational, business case and implementation issues. Summaries of the report are available for several topics and provide introductory information for the field.

Coachultung (Germany) Offers seminars and workshops for companies with emphasis on rapid prototyping and virtual prototyping.

Cross-Bow Rapid Tool Associates, Inc. Operated as a sales agency and consultancy by Douglas A. VanPutte.

Ennex Corporation Ennex is operated by Dr. Marshall Burns and provides RP technology consulting. The company is also developing a proprietary technology with similarities to laminated object manufacturing.

Frost & Sullivan / Technical Insights This well-known market research firm started following the rapid prototyping field in 2004. Use the site search facility to locate their report's Executive Summary and Table of Contents.

T. A. Grimm & Associates, Inc. T. A. Grimm & Associates, Inc. offers marketing services (outsourced and project-based) for small and mid-sized companies in design, product development and manufacturing.

Edward Mackenzie Co. (UK) The company specializes in rapid tooling and rapid manufacturing consulting.

New Product Dynamics Offers consulting and training services in techniques for bringing new products to market faster.

Plunkett Associates Limited (UK) [UK company offering consulting in the rapid prototyping and related technology areas.]

The Prototyper, Inc. [Offers RP, design and manufacturing advice.]

ProtoCall LLC The company acts as a broker for RP and related services, providing process knowledge and contacts.

Prototype 1 (UK) Engineering and Prototyping Consultancy. We specialise in helping with solutions in Product Development, engineering design Prototyping and Reverse Engineering. In engineering the need for quality and effective management of projects is important. We have the expertise and know-how in many aspects of product development. Also we have experience in the development of working or non-working prototypes. Email address: james@prototype1.co.uk

RPT & Assoc. Develops RP educational support materials and curricula.

Spar Point Research LLC The company provides consulting and market data for terrestrial 3D laser scanning hardware, software and services.

Spectra Group Ltd. Provides contract research and development services in photochemistry, visible light photoinitiator products, cure monitoring instrumentation and technology, and is a medical model service bureau.

Wohlers Associates Inc. Terry Wohlers annually surveys the industry and writes and advises widely on RP and related technologies.