AutoDesk "bonus pack" enables 3D printing services

There's been a lot of discussion in the reprographics industry, the past 3 years, about A/E customers transitioning from 2D drawing programs to 3D drawing programs (and BIM and Autodesk Revit and such).

I think this information (the following) was released by AutoDesk in January 2009:

AutoDesk “bonus pack” enables 3D-print-job-submission (file processing and job-submit) to service bureaus who offer 3D printing.

For a video about this, enter this link in your browser window…..

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?id=12198058&siteID=123112&link=WatchButton2

……and, then, select the video that’s at the bottom of the screen (where you see the lady sitting by herself)

Some reprographers are offering 3D printing services, but, I suspect that most are still not offering this service. There are quite a number of firms in the U.S. offering 3D printing services who are not reprographers.