Case Study: Savannah College of Art and Design achieves continuous, high‑volume 3D printing and expanded student access with Stratasys Continuous Build 3D Demonstrator

Savannah College of Art and Design Leads with Automated 3D Printing

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), a leading art and design university with more than 40 majors and over 12,000 students, was struggling to meet surging demand for 3D-printed prototypes despite already operating 19 Stratasys 3D printers. The backlog limited students’ ability to iterate and the school needed a scalable, continuous solution—so SCAD turned to Stratasys and its Continuous Build™ 3D Demonstrator.

Stratasys implemented the Continuous Build™ 3D Demonstrator, a cloud-based, automated workflow printer that runs multiple jobs in parallel with minimal operator intervention, enabling overnight printing and large batch runs. The result: students can run fast iterations (examples of 50 parts delivered in a day or two), SCAD expects to serve 600–1,200 students (up to 50–100× current capacity), the curriculum expanded with new courses, and industry partnerships and job-readiness outcomes were significantly enhanced.

Savannah College of Art and Design

Justin Cox

RP Operations Manager