Opitz: Mecuris CAD software designs custom prosthetics in 10 seconds
Manuel Opitz · EP 556: They 3D Printed Baby Sophia's New Foot Faster and Cheaper than Alternatives with Mecuris CEO Manuel Opitz · Jan 31, 2017 · at 13:27
Manuel Opitz, CEO of Mecuris, explains to Nathan Latka how Mecuris's automated prosthetic CAD software compares in speed to standard manual design methods.
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“So it's also some CAD software, and you can use any CAD software out there you like to make such beautiful prosthetics like we have, but the difference is we can do it fully automated in 10 seconds, and other people, they will need at least half a day, or if they are not professionals, they will need several days to create one of them.”
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