Early 3D Adopters: Who's Doing 3D Printing?

One of the challenges, Corliss notes, is 3D design. Not every print shop can hire a 3D designer, and not every client will have a printable 3D file. Unless you are an output-only shop, 3D design capability is a must, but it increases overhead. (When Braintree created a customized yo-yo for an in-house event, it outsourced the job using oDesk to a designer in the Philippines.)