"3-D Printing is a general introduction to both industrial and consumer fabrication of material for the educated lay reader. It looks at established markets for plastic and metal printing, as well as at emerging uses such as buildings, food, bioprinting, and clothing. Implications for organizations, law, policy, and existing businesses are a major emphasis: the book is less about how 3-D printing works than on what it means and why it matters"-- Provided by publisher

• The evolution of an idea : a brief typology of 3D printing
• From CAD (or reality) to reality : the design and build process
• Consumers
• Industrial uses
• Implications
• Frontiers