RepRap Central Announces 2015 3D Printer Challenge

[truly_bent]

I admit, i had to read the full post at couple of times to understand what Dr. Bowyer is looking for... and it would be a game changer. DLP resin based printers and FFF printers work in essentially the same fashion. In fact they all do. The material is hardened or extruded at a single point (x,y,z) at one moment in time. What the good doctor is hoping to find, is a method by which an entire layer (z) is laid down at a single point in time. As ObjectForm said, "very interesting indeed".

I'd be looking to simplify this by first handling two axes at a time, either X || Y && Z. That in itself would be an order of magnitude faster.

And that's all i'm going to say at this point

(Edit: My bad, DLP printers do work differently)

[JRDM]

DLP resin based printers and FFF printers work in essentially the same fashion. In fact they all do. The material is hardened or extruded at a single point (x,y,z) at one moment in time. What the good doctor is hoping to find, is a method by which an entire layer (z) is laid down at a single point in time.

I think you're confusing DLP for SLA. DLP cures a whole layer at a time. Laser type SLA cures one point at a time.

I'm not going to get excited until they start giving specifics.