Dimension Honored With Best-Of-Show Awards From Two CAD-Industry Magazines

    MINNEAPOLIS--March 27, 2002-- Rapid prototyping system maker, Stratasys, said it has received show awards for Dimension, its new brand of 3D Printer, from two prominent CAD-industry magazines. The publications, Cadence and Cadalyst presented the awards at the National Design and Engineering Show (NDES) in Chicago last week. Cadence gave Dimension a "Show-Stopper" award, and Catalyst gave Dimension a Best-of-Show award. The awards are given for products that the magazines believe will have the greatest impact on the way designers and engineers work.
    "We feel that (Dimension) marks a sea change in the industry," wrote Cadence magazine, "...simplifying the technology and expanding the number of companies that can benefit from building inexpensive physical models from CAD designs quickly." Dimension is being hailed as important to the design and manufacturing worlds because at $29,900 -- about one-half the previous cost for such a device -- it makes solid modeling available to a vast new market that was previously unable to take advantage of it.
    Winning an award at NDES is seen as an achievement not only because of high caliber competition, but also because of the large number of exhibitors. NDES is part of the National Manufacturing Week show, which featured about 1,600 exhibitors. The show also drew about 40,000 visitors, as well as 250 media representatives. National Manufacturing Week is one of the largest and most important trade shows held annually for manufacturers. The 2002 show was held March 18 to 21 at the McCormick Place complex in Chicago.

    Stratasys, Inc., Minneapolis, is the second largest manufacturer of rapid prototyping systems. The company's patented fused deposition modeling (FDM(R)) process creates solid models directly from 3D CAD files using polycarbonate, ABS plastic, wax, or other materials. Stratasys provides rapid prototyping systems for OEMs such as aerospace, automotive, military, consumer, and medical product makers. According to Wohlers Report 2000 on the state of the rapid prototyping industry, Stratasys has installed more rapid prototyping systems over the last 5 years than any other manufacturer.

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