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3D Systems Introduces Faster Part-Delivery Software.


OptiScan[TM] LS Software Module Reduces Build Time by 1/3

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- 3D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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), a leading provider of Rapid 3-D Printing, Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions, introduced today a new software module, trademarked OptiScan[TM], that can reduce the build-time of parts up to 34 percent.

OptiScan[TM] software is a stand-alone (jargon) stand-alone - Capable of operating without other programs, libraries, computers, hardware, networks, etc. Exactly what is absent is presumed to be obvious from context.

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 module designed to work with 3D Systems' proprietary Laser Sintering Building prototypes and finished parts in a machine from powdered thermoplastics and metals that are cured by heat from a laser. From CAD drawings that have been cross sectioned into thousands of layers, the machine builds up the part by curing one layer at a time.  (LS) software. This advanced package optimizes the scanning process by combining cross-sections on each layer to reduce the time it takes to build a part.

Sinterstation([R]) HiQ[TM] customers with a 70 percent capacity utilization Capacity Utilization measures the rate at which a firm makes use of their capital productive capacities, such as factories and machinery. Capacity Utilization generally rises when the economy is healthy and falls when demand softens.  reported an average of 565 hours of freed-up building capacity per year.

"At 3D Systems, our goal is to develop products and solutions that improve our customers' bottom line," said Abe Reichental, 3D Systems' president and chief executive officer. "We are very pleased that OptiScan[TM] software delivers an even more efficient and cost-effective cost-effective,
n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate.
 operation to our customers, enabling them to build more parts faster, saving time, money and increasing capacity."

OptiScan[TM] software will be offered by 3D Systems to all Sinterstation([R]) HiQ[TM] and Sinterstation([R]) Pro customers who are under maintenance or warranty during the first quarter of 2007.

About 3D Systems Corporation

3D Systems is a leading provider of Rapid 3-D Printing, Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions. Its systems and materials reduce the time and cost of designing products and facilitate direct and indirect manufacturing by creating actual parts directly from digital input. These solutions are used for design communication and prototyping as well as for production of functional end-use parts: Transform your products.

More information on the company is available at www.3dsystems.com, or via email at moreinfo@3dsystems.com.
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