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Information Junky
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,167
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I've lost track of how many RP parts I've had made in the last 10 yrs, or so. It's an essential step in product prototyping. ...SLA, SLS . ..
As cool of a process that all that is, interestingly, a good number of files that I send out to an RP house are Machined. Obviously a slew of RP processes are available to to these RP vendors, yet with 5-axis machining, the quick part is often machined. ...even parts w/o a single straight edge, or flat surface. Surprising, eh?
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Disclaimer: the above was 2¢ worth.
More information is available as my professional opinion, which is provided for an exorbitant fee. 
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