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A rapid prototype modeling system operates to first electronically decompose a discrete part represented by an STL file into thick layers, which are then electronically sliced into cross sectional slices the thickness of a sheet of construction material. The slices are cut from sheets of the constru

A rapid prototype modeling system operates to first electronically decompose a discrete part represented by an STL file into thick layers, which are then electronically sliced into cross sectional slices the thickness of a sheet of construction material. The slices are cut from sheets of the construction material in a pattern which permits construction of the layers by stacking the sheets. The layers are then stacked appropriately to create a physical model of the discrete part.

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In a rapid prototype system wherein an object is decomposed into a series of layers, and a physical model of that object is then constructed by creating a first such layer and thereafter sequentially creating additional such layers and bonding each such additional layer to a previous layer, the impr

In a rapid prototype system wherein an object is decomposed into a series of layers, and a physical model of that object is then constructed by creating a first such layer and thereafter sequentially creating additional such layers and bonding each such additional layer to a previous layer, the improvement which comprises: electronically decomposing said object into thick layers selected such that said thick layers may be positioned across an area corresponding to a sheet of construction material; electronically slicing said thick layers into cross sections the thickness of said sheet of construction material; plotting physical slices corresponding to said cross sections; forming said physical slices from said construction material; stacking said physical slices to construct said layers; and stacking said layers to recompose a physical model of said object.