1. Homework 1 Issues

2. The following is an excerpt of the paper on “3D printing A Guide to the Future” by Christopher Barnatt:
“3D printing -- also known as additive manufacturing -- turns digital 3D models into solid objects by building them up in layers. The technology was first invented in the 1980s, and since that time has been used for rapid prototyping (RP). However, in the last few years, 3D printing has additionally started to evolve into a next-generation manufacturing technology that has the potential to allow the local, on-demand production of final products or parts thereof.”
With direct reference to this paper, and any other sources on 3D printing, you have been given a modest budget of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to turn around the fortunes of an existing or an upstart Small to Medium Enterprise (SME).
Though you have prepared a full proposal you have been asked to submit an executive summary of the proposal. Your executive summary of the proposal proposal should be at most 2 pages long.

3. Summary solution: What you should have covered in your solution
What is 3D Printing:
The concept of additive manufacturing should have come out.
The historical perspective
The different forms of 3D printing in size and in kinds of materials used
What is the problem you are going to solve
State the current situation (whether already there OR possibility under current way of doing things)
How do you intend to solve it using 3D printing
What are the resources required for your problem
Printers and accessories: since these differ depending on problem (see above) be specific
Design Software, new technologies way of doing business etc.,: How you will handle this
Raw materials: What, when, where, how much
What are the advantages of this solution: If you have not yet done that above state the advantages
What are the challenges: Unless already state, make clear the challenges of 3D printing
Return on Investment: You are not make a scientific argument, this is a financial argument, so state it here
References: This is a new and evolving technology so your references should be current