Frequently Asked Question

With traditional manufacturing, the time and cost of designing and manufacturing a new part was substantial, and so we would produce a large number of parts and keep them in a warehouse.

In the world of additive manufacturing, the time and cost of designing and producing a new part is nearly insignificant in comparison while the potential number of designs possible is endless. This makes it infeasible to keep a stock of parts, but rather we want to keep a stock of designs in a database. This is the idea behind a digital inventory. Instead of finding a physical part in a warehouse, we find the digital counterpart in a database and print it on demand.