Build It - Test It - Try It - Learn - Iterate

"A prototype is worth a thousand meetings" 

Watch the GE 1st Build Story.

For Product Businesses

Do you produce a product?  Bringing abstract ideas to life is the most important benefit of 3D printing.  Rapid prototyping is so "old school"...how about on-demand prototyping with turn around in hours or overnight.

Any CAD package can output a .STL file...which is all a MakerBot 3D printer needs.

Here are some articles for creating 3D prints from SOLIDWORKS (r) models.

• Carnegie Mellon University: MakerBot Tutorial: A step-by-step guide.
  
• San Jose State University: Printing an Object Designed in SOLIDWORKS (r)