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Another example of the use of 3D printing is in the manufacture of prototype products,such as aircraft prototypes that are tested in wind tunnels.One reason why 3D printing is widely used for prototype production rather than back-end mass production is that prototype production emphasizes flexibility,while mass production emphasizes efficiency.In terms of production efficien。cy,3D printing is not yet comparable to traditional manufacturing methods.

使用3D打印的另一个例子则是制造原型产品，比如，在风洞中进行测试的飞机原型。3D打印之所以被广泛用于原型生产，而不是后线的大规模生产的一个原因是，原型生产更强调灵活性，而大规模生产则更强调效率。在生产效率方面，3D打印暂时还无法与传统的制造方法相比