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The Geometric Modelling Laboratory at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary.

The Partnership for Research In Stereo Modeling (PRISM) at Arizona State University, USA.

Laboratory for Computer Graphics and CAD, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.

Literature

Computational Geometry Pages

Articles from the journal CAGD

Articles from the journal CAD

Wohlers report - an official annual report of RP world

Rapid Prototyping Journal, http://www.mcb.co.uk.

Worldwide Guide to Rapid Prototyping

Rapid Prototyping World, http://www.cc.utah.edu/~asn8200/rapid.html

Hardware & Software Available at our Lab

Artec 3D Scanner, Luxembourg, http://www.artec3d.com

Stratasys Inc., http://www.stratasys.com.

Cubital GmbH, Ringstrasse 132, 55543 Bad Kreuznach, Germany.

HEK-GmbH, Germany, http://www.mcp-group.de.

FARO Technologies Inc., http://www.faro.com

GOM mbH, Braunschweig, Germany, http://www.gom.com.

Structural Dynamics Research Corporation., http://www.sdrc.com.

Autodesk Inc., http://www.autodesk.com.

DELCAM, UK, http://www.delcam.com.

Materialise, Belgium, http://www.materialise.be/mimics/

Mailing Lists

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Top RE Hardware & Software Links

Software

www.copycad.com - Delcam's Reverse Engineering solution
www.metris.be - Good point cloud inspection from scan data
http://www.sdrc.com.- Owned by SDRC - Surfacer has very good class 'A' surfacing tools

Hardware

www.faro.com - FARO Technologies Inc, contact type digitizer
www.renishaw.com - Home of the famous Cyclone contact digitizer
www.gom.com - Very powerful Photogrammetry non-contact scanning
www.breuckmann.com - Very powerful Photogrammetry non-contact scanning
www.steinbichler.de - Comet etc: Uses moiré fringe - very powerful

RP in India

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (India)

See also the CAD Laboratory web page for a description of RP related activities.

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (India)

See also this description of their RP activities. The Institute has worked to improve LOM de-cubing among other projects.

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India)

We have the following additional facilities available: various solid modelers, MCP silcone vacuum casting and low melting alloy systems, TAFA metal arc spray gun,

CAM software programs, robotic FARO arm for RE, Surfacer and AnthroCAM for generation of Surface models. / India

PSG College of Technology TIFAC- CORE in Product Design Collaborative Product Commerce offers rapid prototyping, sand casting tooling, vacuum casting, scanning (mechanical & laser), free-form modelling, CAD/CAM services. Facilities include DTM Sinterstation plus, Stratasys MAXUM, MK1 Vacuum Casting Machine, Renishaw Cyclone and world's best CAD/CAM & VPDM softwares. / India

CMTI - Central Manufacturing Technology Institute / India

Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur (CMERI) (India) Work concentrates on physical models and rapid tooling of auto components, medical implants and durable consumer goods.

Marco Polo Products Private Limited Formerly Ekco Plastics, the company also offers US customers low prices through its office in Cincinnati, OH for rapid prototyping, as well as CAD using Pro/E, UG and IDEAS, mould making and plastics moulding. Contact Information: 79 Chitrakoot Building, 230 - A, AJC Bose road, Calcutta,

West Bengal; 700 020 (1) 91 33 247 1036; (1) 91 33 247 7508 FX / India

Protosys Technologies Limited Protosys Technologies India, offers services in rapid prototyping using FDM technology and produces replicas in UV resins, polyurethanes, epoxies by silicone molding and vacuum casting. / India

3D Product Development We are a Rapid Prototyping service bureau running FDM 3000 and SLA 5000 systems. We also provide vacuum casting, investment casting, and Rapid Tooling services. We are based in India and also have a sales office in Cincinnati, OH USA. By having our operational facility in India, we are able to combine state-of-the-art technology with low cost for US customers. / India.