Rapid Prototyping
Turning an idea into a physical product starts with being able to see, handle and assess the design. Whether you're refining a new concept, checking how components fit together or preparing a model for presentation, our Rapid Prototyping service provides a practical way to move from a digital design to a physical prototype.
Based in Jarrow, Smart Models provides professional Prototype Printing for customers throughout Tyne and Wear, the North East and across the UK. From one-off concepts to revised designs, we produce prototypes that allow you to evaluate an idea before deciding on the next stage.
Prototype Printing for Product Development
A physical prototype gives you an opportunity to assess and refine a design before moving further towards manufacture. Our Prototype Printing service can be used for everything from initial concept models to functional parts, helping you identify potential changes while the design is still being developed.
Whether you're an individual designer, a business developing a product or a hobbyist working on a specialist project, Rapid Prototyping provides a straightforward route from your supplied design file to a physical part.
From our workshop in Jarrow, we provide specialist prototype printing services for projects in Tyne and Wear, throughout the North East and elsewhere in the UK.
What Can We Produce?
Our Rapid Prototyping and 3D Print Prototype services can be used for a wide variety of projects, including:
Electronics Enclosures: Custom housings that allow you to assess the form and suitability of an enclosure for an electronics project.
Engineering Components: Prototype parts for checking dimensions, fit and how different elements of a design work together.
Product Development: Physical models that allow you to examine a new concept before progressing towards manufacture.
Replacement Parts: Trial components that can be assessed before deciding on the final version.
Display Models: Physical representations of designs for presentations, demonstrations and displays.
Custom Projects: Bespoke prototype parts for one-off ideas and specialist applications.
If your project doesn't fit neatly into one of these categories, get in touch. We can discuss what you're developing and whether 3D Rapid Prototyping is suitable for the design.
3D CAD Prototyping Made Simple
3D CAD Prototyping Made Simple
If you've already created your design, our 3D CAD Prototyping service makes the next stage straightforward. Send us your design file along with information about what you want to achieve, and it can be reviewed before progressing to prototype printing.
Seeing a CAD design as a physical object can reveal things that aren't always as easy to judge on screen. You can examine proportions, check how elements relate to one another and assess the overall design before deciding whether revisions are required.
This makes 3D CAD Prototyping useful both for early concepts and for designs that are further through development. If changes are needed, the digital design can be revised before another prototype is produced.
3D Print Prototypes for Testing and Evaluation
A 3D Print Prototype can serve different purposes depending on the project. You may simply need to see the overall size and appearance of a concept, or you may want a physical component that can be handled, assembled or checked alongside other parts.
Using 3D Print Rapid Prototyping during the development process also gives you the opportunity to make revisions before progressing further. Rather than treating the first physical version as the finished design, you can use it to identify what works and what may need changing.
For designers and businesses across the UK, this provides a practical way to introduce physical evaluation into the design process. Smart Models provides this service from Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, working with customers locally and throughout the North East.
Professional 3D Rapid Prototyping
Our professional 3D Rapid Prototyping service uses FDM printing to turn supplied designs into physical components. These prototypes can help you assess size, proportions, assembly and the overall form of a design before moving forward.
For projects where more than one version needs to be considered, 3D Print Rapid Prototyping also makes it possible to produce a revised physical prototype after changes have been made to the design.
As 3D printing specialists, we understand that the purpose of a prototype matters. A concept model intended primarily for visual assessment may have different requirements from an engineering component being checked for fit, so the project needs to be considered in context.
How Our Rapid Prototyping Service Works
Getting started with Prototype Printing begins with your design and what you want to learn from the finished prototype.
Send Your Design: Provide your design file and information about the project.
Explain the Purpose: Tell us what you want to assess, whether that's size, fit, proportions, assembly or the overall concept.
Project Review: Your requirements can be considered before the prototype progresses to printing.
Prototype Printing: The agreed design is turned into a physical 3D Print Prototype using FDM printing.
Evaluate the Result: Use the prototype to assess your design and decide whether it is ready for the next stage or requires further revision.
If you're unsure whether your existing file is suitable for 3D CAD Prototyping, contact us to discuss the project before proceeding.
Rapid Prototyping from Jarrow, Tyne and Wear
Smart Models provides Rapid Prototyping from its workshop in Jarrow, supporting customers across Tyne and Wear, the wider North East and throughout the UK.
Our professional prototype printing services are available for individual projects, product development, engineering components, enclosures and other specialist requirements. Whether you're nearby in Tyne and Wear, elsewhere in the North East or further afield in the UK, you can send us your design and discuss what you need from the physical prototype.
As specialists in 3D printing, we take a practical approach to each project. The aim is to give you a physical version of your design that you can examine and use to inform the next stage of development.
Ready to Turn Your Design into a Prototype?
If you're looking for Rapid Prototyping, Prototype Printing, 3D CAD Prototyping or a 3D Print Prototype service, get in touch with Smart Models.
Send us your design files and tell us what you're trying to achieve. From our workshop in Jarrow, we provide professional 3D Rapid Prototyping services to customers throughout Tyne and Wear, the North East and across the UK.