Yesterday I showed the ARCH1101 student reps one of the new rapid prototyping (otherwise know as 3d printing) machines that we have at the FBE.
These machines have been around for a while but they have either been very expensive ($60,000 to over 1 million dollars) or very difficult to use on a daily basis (I have a do it your self one in my office ... which isn't working at the moment).
The new ones are $2,500 and the plastic material is $35-45 for 1kg (which would build quite a few models). It's plug and play, very simple to use.
Below are a couple of images showing the printer in action and my first print. I haven't removed the supporting structure at this stage, but will soon and will upload an image in another post.
Under that are a few images suggesting how it might be used in Architecture.
The final image is from a blog called: http://3dprintinginaec.blogspot.com.au/
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