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Selecting Either Layered Manufacturing or CNC Machining to Build Your Prototype

First the available technologies are described for both methods, and the differences are explained between 'traditional' CNC machining, and CNC machining for RP. After that both methods are compared, and the strengths and weaknesses are presented. These (dis)advantages then lead to finding preferred application areas for both CNC and LMT: most important conclusions are that for styling block models CNC milling is best, where for fully functional prototypes LMT based RP is best suited. These conclusions are illustrated using real-life example projects.