3D Printing

[xbrit]

Hi Guys, on the topic of 3D printing that was bought up by Derek Carter, I use V5 Catia a 3D software package used by all major aerospace and automotive company's, I am presently working for JLR and I use this system for concept and evaluation purposes. Most plastic parts can be manufactured by reverse engineering, assuming as you have the damaged parts. I was wondering if there was a requirement that MMA members could use for the future. I have the software and the skills to model parts but not the printer it self. Would this be some thing that could be useful?
A point to add anything can be modelled but 3D printing would only work on plastic parts, sheet metal can be modelled in a flat pattern and folded manually, complicated structural parts would work with 3 or 5 axes machines.
Cheers,