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( BW)(MN-STRATASYS)(SSYS) Art Center College of Design Chooses FDM Again;

Prestigious Design School Uses Stratasys FDM Rapid Prototyping to Train the World's
Leading Designers

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2003--(Nasdaq:SSYS) Stratasys
announced that Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., has purchased its
fifth FDM rapid prototyping system. The college has been using FDM (fused
deposition modeling) systems since 1996 to train design students. Art Center is the
world's premier design college: Nearly half of the world's automobile designers were
educated at the school.
Art Center trains designers in a variety of disciplines from fine arts to industrial
design, and it uses rapid prototyping in its daily coursework. The school's latest rapid
prototyping purchase was its third Prodigy Plus(TM) system from Stratasys. The
school will be using its new rapid prototyping system to build models of products
ranging from automobiles to kitchen appliances to architecture.
The school's Technical Skills Center director Michael Plesh says he likes FDM
rapid prototyping technology because "it allows our students to create prototypes
using real-world engineering elements. Features such as the wall thickness, the
modeling material, the fit, and function can be created similar to the end product," he
says. "For example, auto interiors are approximately 70 percent ABS plastic; FDM
allows modeling in that material, so it brings the prototype performance close to that
of real production."
Art Center students work at the cutting edge of design. "Product-design ideas
created today by Art Center students will make their way into products you will buy
15 years from now," says Plesh. Many Art Center graduates have become renowned
designers, such as J Mays, who designed the new VW Beetle, the current Ford
Explorer and the retro Thunderbird.

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Product Design: Student concept
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Stratasys Inc, Minneapolis, manufactured 31% of all rapid prototyping systems

installed worldwide last year, the highest percentage of any manufacturer, according
to Wohlers Report 2003. The company patented the rapid prototyping process known
as fused deposition modeling (FDM(R)). The process creates solid models directly
from 3D CAD files using ABS plastic, polycarbonate, PPSF or other materials.
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