With the advent of computer technology the commercial world has undergone a complete transformation. Essentially in the designing world the use of Computer Aided Design or CAD has revolutionized the manufacturing industry completely. There is also no doubt that in the future computers will be widely use for automatic manufacture of objects as well as the products and systems. In fact rapid prototypes being the best tools for manufacturing geometric complex designs in advance is going to rule the market for some times to come.

Using the rapid prototypes the manufacturers are able to find out the loop holes in their designs and objects and making necessary rectifications in them. Since the prototypes are made in few numbers normally, finding out the necessary modifications becomes quite cost economic for the manufacturer. It also saves them a lot of time by dispensing with the subtractive as well as the once popular trial and error methods. The best part of it is that you can use the technology for any type of object with any amount of complexity involved and covering any descriptions.

Inputs for the methodology are only the raw materials as well as the data. It is reminiscent of the erstwhile desktop publishing. The difference is that instead of documents and the printed materials used in desktop publishing you use materials like plastics, fibers or materials like the Polyjet white parts for creation of the prototype. The day is not far off when the objects we dream only could be given concrete shape using the prototyping technology.