Thanks Mjolinor. I'm pretty ignorant of 3D printers at the moment to be honest, so I bow to your superior knowledge.

I'll try my best to explain our position. I am the head of an engineering department, who have a considerable budget with which to build a new workshop containing CNC machines, and a 3D printer. This 3D printer will also be used by the art and design department, and shoud be capable of handling a volume of 30cm cubed.

It will be used by college students daily for one off items, but would not be manufacturing a huge run of products.

The staff we have currently are not au fait with any type of 3D Cad, so the more intuitive the software associated with the printer the better.

Budget is probably £10k.