Iron Man 2’s Secret Sauce: 3-D Printing

May 12, 2010 | Source: Fast Company

Maybe the most cutting-edge facet of Iron Man 2’s production was the real-life fabrication of the suits: using 3-D printers, the film’s production company, Legacy Effects, was able to have artists draw an art concept, input into a CAD program, and then physically make that concept in just four hours.