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Old 04-19-2013, 06:52 PM   #28
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Default You beat me to it.

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Originally Posted by BroadHopper View Post
I'm sure there is a limited market.

I remember a while back when '3D printers' came out, the print shop at my work did a demonstration by printing a 3D image of the Great Bay below the water line. It was unreal how it can be done with just a CG map for input!

They didn't say how much it cost to create it, but the printer itself was in the hundreds of thousands.
I was intrigued, so I followed the link.
Way to expensive, $358, for us common folks
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