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COMMUNITIES TO DOWNLOAD AND SHARE DESIGN OF PARTS
There are a lot, as the maker community is very active and tends to share everything. Some are with free access, some with registration. However they are all very dynamic, sharing information, drafts, models and online tutorials.
ONLINE PRINTING SERVICES
In some of these services the entire process is very easy: you can load your part and choose the material. Done those simple actions you can get automatically the price. Many of this services require a registration.
Cloud Manufacturing (CM) is the concept of using manufacturing resources in a service-oriented way over the Internet. CM can have 2 aspects and applications: first application is within an industrial environment for which CM provides a concept to embed, connect and utilize existing manufacturing resources; second application is for end-users that use AM/3D printing resources over the Internet instead of acquiring their own 3D printer.
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