Theories on rapid design, assembly of prototypes. From: MetlFax | Date: November 1, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Nelson Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Suppose your 6-year-old daughter has just ruined her favorite Barbie dolls face with nail-polish remover. Though you've tried repainting the lips, eyes, and eyebrows, somehow they don't look quite right. If only you could build your own Barbie from scratch, right at home.

Building a model is tedious, time-consuming, error prone, and difficult. In manufacturing, with competition and time restraints, people would like to make model-building easier. The models they build are typically prototypes of a component or a tool, to be copied a million times in a mass-manufacturing ...