Manufacturers and suppliers designing footwear including athletic, designer and casual shoes have a real need for concept models to speed and improve the often rushed design process.

PROBLEM

Clear communication between designers and manufacturers is crucial during the design process, because consensus on a design is critical before investment in expensive tooling. In addition, reducing design cycle time is critical to getting new concepts to market ahead of the competition. The traditional method of modeling designs out of clay or milling wood is often expensive, time-consuming and inaccurate.

THE CONTEX 3D PRINTERS PROVIDE THE SOLUTIONS TO:

Communicate with Customers: Contex Printers are capable of creating appearance prototypes of any complexity directly from digital data, quickly and inexpensively.

Communicate with Vendors: The 3D Printer allows footwear companies to print out complex designs for proofing and communicating with vendors. The Printers are also used to communicate across continents by sending files electronically and printing at different plant locations.