A powder printer with some sort of soluble binder might be better, if only because it can be quicker. It also makes it easier to get the form out of the garment at the end of the process.
I have the nagging feeling that there must be a better way, though.
]]>I'm trying to think of ways the same problem is solved in some other industry, but none of it quite matches. You get temporary forms in various casting processes, but they are the same shape every time.
The best I can imagine is something that makes custom forms with a cheap CNC process out of a reusable material. Something like the way sweet moulds are pressed into cornstarch, but on a bigger scale and with a computer doing the pressing.
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