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Author Marina Hatsopoulos
Source Time Compression Technologies. v6 n4 May, 2001, pp 19-20
Abstract The total cost of making a concept model can be broken down into four major categories: capital cost, materials, training and labor. As industry pushes to reduce time-to-market for new products, there is increased appreciation for the value of physical prototypes throughout the design process. Companies are reducing the time and cost of bringing new products to market by using more concept models earlier on in the design cycle - increasing the number of design iterations. Just as computers have increased our use of paper, 3-D CAD and concept modelers have increased our use of physical prototypes. Nobody thinks twice about filling his or her printer with a new ream of paper, but should he or she be more careful about refilling the concept modeler with material? It is believed that the cost of concept modeling is very low, but is this correct? XX
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