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From: Karl Denton (Advanced Technology Consultants L.L.C.)
Date: Saturday, January 21, 1995

From: Karl Denton (Advanced Technology Consultants  L.L.C.)
To: RP-ML
Date: Saturday, January 21, 1995
Comming soon!
The Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Resource Guide

The RP & M Resource Guide is a computerized database that was
developed using Microsoft Access v2.00.  The database is
compiled and is distributed with the runtime version of
Microsoft Access v2.00 and has two major components:

1) The Source Guide - this portion of the database contains
company information on the following types of organizations:
Consultants, Service Centers, In-House RP Support, Research
Facilities, Software Publishers, RP Equipment Manufacturers,
Resin Manufacturers, Supplies, Publications, and Associations.	

	The type of information that is available for each of
the listed companies can include: Contact Person, Address,
Phone/Fax Numbers, Email, Equipment Type (used or
manufactured), CAD Software Used, Materials Used, Computer
Platforms Supported.  In addition, each company listing
includes services provided: Cad/Solid Model, Build RP Patterns,
Soft (RTV) Tooling, Epoxy Tooling, Spray Metal Tooling, Hard
Tooling, Injection Molding, Vacuum Casting, Vacuum Forming,
Electroforming, Sand Casting, Investment Casting, Die Casting
EDM, CNC Machining.
	
	Currently there are over 350 entries in this section of
the database!

2) The Literature Guide - this portion of the database contains
a listing of virtually every printed Technical Article, Book,
and Magazine Article written from 1988 to date.  The following
information is included with each entry: Primary Title,
Secondary Title, The First Six (6) Listed Authors, Contact
Person, Address, Phone/Fax, Key Word Section, Abstract and
Reference ID.

	Each entry can be one of the following and includes
information depending on the type of entry.  For the Book
section- Publisher and ISBN.  For the Technical Article section
- Conference, Year, Pages, and Proceedings Publisher.  For the
Magazine Article section - Magazine, Issue Date, Pages, and
Publisher.  If an abstract existed when the entry was made then
it was included.  As word of the database has leaked out more
authors have sent abstracts and they will be scanned and
included as time permits.

	Currently there are over 750 entries in this section of
the database!

Preview/Printing Reports

In addition the database includes a Preview/Print section that
includes the following reports:
Source - Mailing Labels (Avery 5161 laser labels), Company List
(includes: company name, contact, address, phone/fax), Machine
Manufacturers, Service Centers, Research Sources, and In-House
Sources.  The last four reports all include: company name,
contact, address, and phone/fax.
Literature - Titles and Abstracts, Books, Technical Articles,
Magazine Articles.

Users of the database do not have the option of updating or
adding data.  Users also do not have the capability of
exporting any of the data.  And printing is limited to the
reports distributed with the database in an all or nothing
environment (all of the report prints or none of it prints).
The user has the option of printing the individual entry only
when viewing that entry (this results in an 8.5 x 11 sheet of
paper that includes all information on that entry).

To submit a company profile send email or US mail to one of the
above addresses.  Include
Company name, Contact, Phones/Fax, Address, Services provided,
CAD/Solid modeling used,
RP system type.... Research organizations, software
publishers.....please send a profile!

The database should be out in a couple of months (March or
April).


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