Review of Rapid Prototyping Methodologies and Future Scope

Abstract

The term “Rapid Prototyping” (RP) is defined as the set of technologies that automatically build models
from computer-Aided Design .The “3 D printing” technique allow the designer to create solid prototypes of their
desired designs rapidly and accurately than two dimensional pictures [1,2]. Engineering is aimed to improve the lives of
the human race. The complete fraternity must therefore, work together towards the challenges facing us. To fulfil the
engineering desires we need to fabricate prototypes before going in for mass production. This process of creating a
prototype model takes about few weeks to few months [1, 3]. This is painfully slow but unavoidable process. Rapid
Prototyping technology narrows down this process to few hours or few days depending upon the complexity of the
model.