In the production of prototypes edg designlab implements a series of rapid prototyping technologies which are used in order to quickly manufacture an object or a part of it from a 3D design digital file. Rapid prototyping technologies make it possible to create a real, physical representation of the final product, or even a fully-functional model, before its production. The models produced through rapid prototyping can be used for testing or as prototypes for the creation of forming blocks.

With rapid prototyping technologies, the object can be created with the same material as the final product (plastic, glass, aluminium, steel, etc) and has similar attributes. This allows for the running of mechanical and other attribute tests. The latest practice used involves the use of rapid prototyping technologies for direct small level production of final products. One of the advantages of the latest rapid prototyping technologies like SLA and SLS is the ability to create figures of objects that “include” forms within them, something which is not feasible with other technologies (e.g. CNC).
The reasons for using Rapid Prototyping are:

• To increase effectiveness of communication of an idea, since through the prototype it is possible to actually see and touch the final product during the process of its evolution before its production.
• To minimise product development duration
• To minimise errors that may burden the development cost budget
• To noticeably minimise production phase changes
  

 Rapid prototyping minimises the development period, allowing for corrections in the initial phases of the development process and thus immensely reducing development costs.