Rapid developments in rapid prototyping

Report from a recent conference held in Italy and organised by the Rapid Prototyping Research Group at the University of Nottingham. Papers were presented on a wide variety of subjects including stereolithography,selective laser sintering, laser forming, fused deposition modelling,three‐dimensional printing, CAD and data transfer and rapid tooling. Tooling was one of the key topics during the three‐day event.