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{{ infobox company
|name             = 3D Systems Corporation
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| equity     = {{increase}} [[United States dollar|US$]]254.7 Million <small>(2011)</small>
| market cap = US$2.39 billion <small>11/20/2012</small>
| homepage = {{url|www.3dsystems.com}}
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'''3D Systems''', headquartered in [[Rock Hill, South Carolina]], is a company that engineers and manufactures 3D printers. Chuck Hull, currently the CTO and former president, patented [[stereolithography]] in 1986
.<ref>[[U.S. Patent]] [http://www.google.com/patents/US4575330 4,575,330] (“Apparatus for Production of Three-Dimensional Objects by Stereolithography”)</ref>.  3D Systems creates product concept models, precision and functional [[prototype]]s, master patterns for tooling, as well as production parts for [[direct digital manufacturing]].  3D Systems uses proprietary processes to fabricate physical objects using input from [[computer-aided design]] and manufacturing software, or [[3D scanner|3D scanning]] and sculpting devices.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.3dsystems.com/about-us | title=About 3D Systems | publisher=3D Systems | accessdate=23 November 2014 | deadurl=no<!--present in archive.org--> }}</ref>    

3D Systems has adopted a somewhat consumer-unfriendly stance, as part of its corporate strategy is to acquire CAD software companies, such as Alibre, and maximize revenue, in part by eliminating any free versions of software. Alibre Design Xpress was one such highly-regarded free CAD program, which 3D Systems eliminated upon acquiring Alibre, an obvious slight to the consumer.

(contracted; show full)last=Pfeifle | first=Sam | date=10 October 2012 | website=Head in the Point Clouds (blog) | title=A brief history of 3D Systems acquisitions | url=https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Head-in-the-Point-Clouds/A-brief-history-of-3D-Systems-acquisitions/ | publisher=[[SPAR Point Group]] | deadurl=yes | archivedate=14 March 2013 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314023900/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Head-in-the-Point-Clouds/A-brief-history-of-3D-Systems-acquisitions/ }}{{unreliable source
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3D Systems now employs over 1000 people in 25 offices worldwide.  Through its acquisitions, 3D Systems has achieved a strong and growing presence in Asia-Pacific (China, Korea, Japan) and Europe (France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the United Kingdom), in addition to expanding its brand of print materials, printers, industrial and professional CAD software, on-demand custom parts services, data capture and scanning technologies, and customizable, ready-to-print consumer c(contracted; show full)
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