Implementing Rapid Prototyping Using CNC Machining

When we talk about revolutionary changes, none are as immense as rapid prototyping in the CNC industry. The biggest and most obvious reason for it is all down to availability.
Namely, CNC machines were so expensive, big, and unfeasible that only big companies that specialize in large-scale manufacturing would own them.
Nowadays, even small businesses can own a few CNC machines and set their sights on mass-producing. And what made it all possible? Well, it was all possible because of the new methods of CNC rapid prototyping.
But what is CNC rapid prototyping? Well, to explain that, let’s dive deeper.

But how does it do it?
Well, the process starts with the submission of the design itself. This design is 3D modeled and intended only for the purpose of being transformed into a 3D object.
The machine needs to have software to be able to process this, and most utilize the latest and best software in the industry. From then on, the software effectively gives instructions to the machine telling it which turn to make, which cut to take, and so on.
This isn’t one instruction, it’s tens of thousands. Some of these designs can be so overwhelming that involves up to hundreds of thousands of instructions. Each one of these instructions is called G-code.
And this G-code is what makes rapid prototyping so revolutionary. Because of it, it requires zero human interaction but to implement the design and turn on the machine.
It’s really that simple and fully autonomous. This is what makes rapid prototyping and CNC machining so great and what holds an advantage over other methods.