Hi Marshall,
I honestly don't recall.
Cheers,
Terry
------ Original Message ------
From: "Marshall Burns" <ListMail2_at_fabbers.com>
To: "tw" <tw_at_wohlersassociates.com>
Cc: rp-ml_at_rp-ml.org; "Elly Sachs" <Sachs_at_mit.edu>; "Norman Kinzie"
<nk_at_landfoam.com>
Sent: 2/15/2017 8:20:44 AM
Subject: RE: Who coined the term "3D printing"?
>Thank you Terry,
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> Are you aware whether you coined the term or saw it
>somewhere else before you wrote that article?
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>From: tw [mailto:tw_at_wohlersassociates.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 09:27
>To: Marshall Burns; rp-ml_at_rp-ml.org; Elly Sachs; Norman Kinzie
>Subject: Re: Who coined the term "3D printing"?
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>The article is attached, in case anyone is interested in a slice of 3D
>printing history. I don't recall whether the rp-ml supports
>attachments, so I hope you receive it.
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>Cheers,
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>Terry
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>*******
>Terry Wohlers
>Wohlers Associates, Inc.
>tw_at_wohlersassociates.com
>http://wohlersassociates.com
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>------ Original Message ------
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>From: "Marshall Burns" <ListMail2_at_fabbers.com>
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>To: rp-ml_at_rp-ml.org; "Elly Sachs" <Sachs_at_mit.edu>; "Terry Wohlers"
><tw_at_wohlersassociates.com>; "Norman Kinzie" <nk_at_landfoam.com>
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>Sent: 2/13/2017 3:34:20 PM
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>Subject: Who coined the term "3D printing"?
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>>Hi RP World,
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>> I used to think that the term “3D printing” originated
>>at MIT for describing their process that was later commercialized by
>>Soligen and Z Corp. Elly Sachs wrote a paper about the process that
>>was published in June 1990 with the title, “Three-Dimensional
>>Printing: Ceramic tooling and parts from a CAD model.” In my 1993
>>book, I applied the term only to that technology.
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>> However, I have now become aware of two earlier uses
>>of the term:
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>> * Terry Wohlers wrote an article for the May 1988
>>issue of “Computer Graphics World” with the title, “3d printing: From
>>CADD model to prototype.”
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>> * Norman Kinzie has told me in recent correspondence
>>that he coined the term and used it in the title of a document he
>>distributed in early 1988 or in 1987. My records show a document by
>>Kinzie with the title “introduction to: Three-Dimensional Printing”
>>and dated June 2, 1988. Unfortunately, I no longer have the paper
>>files with that document. In any cases, it is dated after Wohler’s
>>article. Kinzie tells me that he has in his possession an earlier
>>version of the document, dated April 27, 1988, and that he believes
>>there were versions prior to that but that he cannot find them at this
>>time. Since magazines usually come out in advance of their cover
>>dates, it is likely that Wohler’s article was on shelves prior to the
>>earliest available date of Kinzie’s document.
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>> According to the above, it appears that the earliest
>>known use of the term “3D printing” was by Terry Wohlers. Does anyone
>>have any information to either support or refute that?
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>>Regards,
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>>Marshall
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>>www.fabbers.com
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Received on Wed Feb 15 2017 - 17:39:17 EET