Top 11 YouTube Videos About Printing 3D Objects

3D printers are primarily intended for rapid prototyping, bypassing the traditional workflow of sending a CAD model to a machinist and waiting for a product to materialize. Instead you get direct printing of a 3D part.

ReadWriteWeb has posted a listing of the top ten videos about 3D printing. These videos are from FormZ, ProtoPulsion, Z Corp, Print2 3D, and Thing Labs.  There is also a clip of the Star Trek Replicator thrown in for fun.  While there are certainly more 3D printers out there like the HP 3D Designjet, this set of videos gives a nice overview of the technology.

I’m also including an 11th video of the new ZBuilder Ultra, which uses a DLP projector to “project”  UV light onto each layers of UV-light curable polymers. The result is a smooth-finished prototype part that can be used immediately and withstand high-end functional testing. Develop3D has a good overview article on the Zbuilder Ultra.