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3D Printing
3D Printing
• Additive manufacturing or 3D
printing is a process of making a
three-dimensional solid object of
virtually any shape from a digital
model. 3D printing is achieved using
an additive process, where
successive layers of material are laid
down in different shapes.
What is 3D Printing?
• Additive Manufacturing: The
term additive manufacturing refers to
technologies that create objects
through a sequential layering
process. Objects that are
manufactured additively can be used
anywhere throughout the product life
cycle,
General Principles
• Modeling
• Printing
• Finishing
Modeling
• Additive manufacturing takes virtual
blueprints from
computer aided design (CAD) or
animation modeling software and
"slices" them into digital cross-
sections for the machine to
successively use as a guideline for
printing.
Printing