3D printing offers a fast, low-cost alternative for building concept and working models. Using durable acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic Dimension 3D printers build functional 3D models from the bottom up, one layer at a time.

Designed for workstation and network access, 3D printers are small, affordable, and suitable for office installation near the end user providing convenience and ease.

Dimension 3D printing can help you quickly fine tune designs and cut weeks, even months, from your development schedule. Now you can test form, fit and function and explore as many design iterations as you like – over your network, right from your desktop.

While there are many variables in comparing service provider costs with internal 3D printing costs, i.e., part complexity, size and tolerances, etc., a company sending one relatively simple part per week to an outside service provider could, by comparison, pay for a 3D printer in a matter of months – and maintain control and confidentiality internally.

Available printers

Dimension uPrint Personal 3D Printer $14,900*
The uPrint builds models with ABSplus making it ideally suited for testing the form, fit and function of models and prototypes. uPrint also features a soluble support removal system, allowing for hands-free removal of all the model support material. As a personal 3D Printer, uPrint makes 3D printing immediate and convenient. There's no waiting in queue for a shared printer and no waiting for models to arrive from an outside service. (Watch a video of uPrint in action.)

Dimension uPrintplus Personal 3D Printer $19,900*
The uPrint Plus Personal 3D Printer gives you all the advantages of the original uPrint Printer, plus enhanced specs to meet the needs of larger design and engineering projects. The uPrint Plus features a 33% bigger build envelope (while retaining the same desktop footprint), two layer resolutions and a choice of eight material colors. (Watch a video of uPrint in action.)

Dimension BST (Breakaway Support Technology) 1200es Printer $18,900*
The Dimension BST is the lowest-priced office-friendly machine of its kind. Incorporating the same technology as the Dimension SST, the BST produces high-quality ABS models. The difference is that the BST features a manual support removal process where the designer removes the model from the system and breaks the support away by hand.

Dimension SST (Soluble Support Technology) 1200es Printer $32,900*
The Dimension SST incorporates the same technology as the BST; the difference is that the SST features an automated support removal process. The designer simply removes the model from the system into an SST Station. The SST Station is an agitation system that utilizes hot water and a soap bath to automatically wash away the support structures. Essentially, the SST allows for "hands free" printing.

Dimension Elite Printer $29,900*
The Dimension Elite printer provides engineers and designers with stronger, functional models with finer feature detail and improved surface finish. Using ABSplus material, the models are on average 40 percent stronger than standard ABS models making it ideally suited for testing the form, fit and function and inherently fragile, finely detailed models.

* Manufacturer's worldwide price. Additional options, shipping, applicable taxes not included.