Prototypes Prove Essential for Design Engineers

Getting products to market fast is essential. That's why design engineers in nearly every industry use 3D prototypes to verify and test their designs before production.

Build Prototypes with the Same Durable Thermoplastics Used in Injection Molding 

Fortus 3D Production Systems build prototypes in tough thermoplastics – the same plastics used in injection molding. That means you can not only communicate your designs through 3D prototyping, but test them too.

How Are Fortus Prototypes Used?

• Concept models
• Functional testing in real-life conditions
• Sharing new product designs with management, customers, sales, marketing and manufacturing
• Product research

Fortus 3D Production Systems Offer Accuracy, Repeatability and Speed  

Among Stratasys machines, Fortus 3D Production Systems offer the largest build volume, most material options and highest throughput to give you unparalleled versatility, accuracy and speed. See how turning your CAD file into 3D plastic parts helps you to more quickly and efficiently prototype for less.

Reduce Time

• Accelerate design iterations and bring your ideas to life faster with 3D prototypes
• Catch and correct design changes early in product development – before the tooling stage
• Reduce time-to-market by reviewing new concepts in just a few hours

Cut Costs

• Better predict product performance using engineering-grade parts
• Find problems early in the design cycle, before the cost to correct them rises
• Eliminate one or more rounds of tooling by testing your design before it reaches tooling
• Produce durable end-use parts with geometries that are too complex to affordably produce by traditional methods

Gain Efficiencies

• Conduct form, fit and functional testing of parts
• Use 3D prototyping to gain early approvals for UL and CE certification
• Don't mess with liquid vats or powder containers – Fortus materials are clean and easy to replace