(1) Manual hand board: its main workload is completed by hand.

（2）数控手板：其主要工作量是用数控机床完成的，而根据所用设备的不同，又可分为激光快速成形 (RP, Rapid Prototyping)手板和加工（CNC）手板。

(2) CNC hand board: its main workload is completed by CNC machine tools. According to the different equipment used, it can be divided into laser rapid prototyping (RP) hand board and machining center (CNC) hand board.

A： SLA手板：主要是用激光快速成型技术生产出来的手板。

A: SLA hand board: it is mainly produced by laser rapid prototyping technology.

B： CNC手板：主要是用加工生产出来的手板。

B: CNC hand board: it is mainly produced by machining center.

RP手板同CNC手板相比较各有千秋：

Compared with CNC hand board, RP hand board has its own advantages:

RP手板的优点主要表现在它的快速性上，但是它主要是通过 堆积技术成型，因而RP手板一般相对粗糙，而且对产品的壁厚有一定要求，比如说壁厚太薄便不能生产。

The advantages of RP hand board are mainly reflected in its rapidity, but it is mainly formed by stacking technology. Therefore, RP hand board is generally relatively rough and has certain requirements for the wall thickness of products. For example, if the wall thickness is too thin, it can not be produced.

CNC手板的优点体现在它能非常精确的反映图纸所表达信息，而且CNC手板表面质量高，尤其在其完成表面喷涂和丝印后，甚比开模具后生产出来的产品还要光彩照人。 因此，CNC手板制造愈来愈成为手板制造业的主流。

The advantage of CNC hand board is that it can accurately reflect the information expressed in the drawing, and the surface quality of CNC hand board is high. Especially after its surface spraying and silk screen printing, it is even more glorious than the products produced after opening the mold. Therefore, CNC hand board manufacturing has increasingly become the mainstream of hand board manufacturing industry.

按所用材料分

By material used

手板按照制作所用的材料，可分为塑胶手板、硅胶手板、金属手板、油泥手板：

According to the materials used for making, the hand board can be divided into plastic hand board, silica gel hand board, metal hand board and oil mud hand board:

（1）塑胶手板：其原材料为塑胶，主要是一些塑胶产品的手板，比如电视机、显示器、电话机等等。

(1) Plastic hand board: its raw material is plastic, mainly the hand board of some plastic products, such as TV, monitor, telephone, etc.

（2）硅胶手板：其原材料为硅胶，主要是展示产品设计外形的手板，比如汽车、手机、玩具、工艺品、日用品等等。

(2) Silica gel hand board: its raw material is silica gel, which is mainly used to display the design shape of products, such as cars, mobile phones, toys, handicrafts, daily necessities, etc.

（3）金属手板：其原材料为铝镁合金等金属材料，主要是一些高档产品的手板， 比如笔记本电脑、单放机、MP3播放机、CD机等等。

(3) Metal bracelet: its raw materials are aluminum magnesium alloy and other metal materials, mainly the bracelets of some high-end products, such as notebook computers, advanced single player, MP3 player, CD player, etc.

（4）油泥手板：其原料为油泥，俗称泥雕手板，主要用于产品外观设计和开发，在产品开发初期泥雕师傅根据自己的想象力或者图片来用油泥做模型，然后在根据油泥模型来确定外观，不过目前油泥手板被freeform代替了很多。

(4) Clay hand board: its raw material is clay, commonly known as clay carving hand board, which is mainly used for product appearance design and development. At the early stage of product development, clay carving masters make models with clay according to their own imagination or pictures, and then determine the appearance according to the clay model. However, at present, many clay hand boards are replaced by freeform.