Other Sites 

  • AMBA The American Mold Builders Association represents more than 300 U.S. mold manufacturers that serve many industries including automotive, medical, electronics, recreation, and consumer products.
  • APMM Association of Professional Model Makers.
  • ASTM International ASTM Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies.
  • Business Industrial Network Provides industrial training onsite and through online resources.
  • The CAD Society Membership is open to vendors, consultants, press, and users within the CAD community. Currently, there is no fee for membership.
  • CADsymbols.com Access to more than 8 million CAD symbols.
  • CIMdata PDM, CAD/CAM, and CNC publications, conferences, and consulting.
  • Contour Crafting Additive fabrication technology with potential for automating the construction of whole building structures.
  • Cyon Research Analyst and consulting firm serving the engineering technology market.
  • GraphiTech Embossing, engraving, milling, and laser scanning tools for artists, sculptors, engravers, and sign-makers.
  • Michael Rees Sculptor that uses design software and RP.
  • National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS).
  • NC Gesellschaft German society focusing on high speed cutting, RP/RT, and related topics.
  • OpenRP Free resources and software for the rapid prototyping industry.
  • Orr Associates International Consulting from an internationally renowned expert in CAD/CAM/CAE, computers, human interfaces, organizational issues, and many related subjects.
  • PDM Information Center
  • New Product Dynamics Product development management techniques to gain full business value from rapid prototyping and tooling technologies.
  • RAPDASA Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa.
  • RAPIDToday Independent resource for users of additive fabrication for prototyping and manufacturing applications.
  • RM Platform European initiative to provide information on rapid manufacturing.
  • RTAM (Rapid Technologies & Additive Manufacturing Community); formerly the Rapid Prototyping Association of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (RPA/SME). Click here to see the founders of RPA/SME.
  • Rapid Product Development.biz Online resource for rapid product development, rapid prototyping, and rapid manufacturing.
  • Rapid Prototyping Homepage Connect to an impressive set of additive fabrication links.
  • RapidTech National Center for Rapid Technologies at Saddleback College.
  • RAPIMAN Rapid Prototyping and Innovative Manufacturing Network (Slovenia)
  • rp-ml archive All messages posted to the rapid prototyping mail list (rp-ml) on the Internet.
  • SFF Symposium Proceedings Archive of technical papers from more than two decades of symposiums.
  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Individual member association.
  • SPEC Engineering Workstation Benchmark Information.
  • TenLinks Directory of CAD products and services.
  • Tom Longtin Gallery of SLS and SLA models.
  • Therics TheriForm 3D printer for pharmaceutical and medical applications; based on MIT's 3D ink jet printing technology.
  • 3D CAD Portal CAD/CAM portal for Mexico and Latin America.

For additional information, see Wohlers Report 2012, an annual worldwide progress report on the additive manufacturing and 3D printing state of the industry.