EGR 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Rapid Prototyping, Fused Filament Fabrication, Sintering
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To understand the terms prototypes", models" and proof of concept". To understand the distinction between a prototype and a model. To understand various steps in selecting the best method of proofing the design. Prototypes are original models on which something is patterned . They may be defined as the first full-scale and usually functional forms of a new type or design of a construction". Hence they are working models of designed artifacts". They are tested in the same environment as final product is expected to perform. Model is a miniature representation of something" or a pattern of something to be made," or an example for imitation or emulation". They may be paper model, computer models or physical models. They are usually smaller and made of a different material than the original artifacts that it represents and are tested in a laboratory or in a controlled environment.
