3D Printing Glossary
Additive Manufacturing, Defined
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a
- Abrasive Blasting
- Abrasive Flow Machining
- Abrasive Fluids
- ABS
- Accuracy
- Acetone
- ACIS File
- Acrylic
- Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
- Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate
- Additive Layer Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing File Format
- Additive Manufacturing Machine
- Additive Manufacturing System
- Additive System
- Adhesion
- Aerogel
- AFM
- ALM
- Alumide
- AM
- AMF
- Amorphous
- Anisotropic
- Area Printing
- As Built
- As Designed
- ASA
- ASCII
- Assembly
- ASTM Additive Manufacturing Processes
- Axis Binding
b
- BAAM
- Ballistic Particle Manufacturing
- BASS
- Batch
- Bead Blasting
- Beam Diameter
- Bed
- Belt Drive
- Big Area Additive Manufacturing
- Binary
- Binder
- Binder Jetting
- Bio-ink
- Biomimicry
- Biopolymer
- Bioprinter
- Bioprinting
- BJT
- BMD
- Bottom Curing System
- Bound Metal Deposition
- Bound Powder Filament
- Boundary Representation Geometry
- Bounding Box
- Bowden Extruder
- BPM
- Break Away Support Structure
- Breakaway Support Material
- Breakout Station
- Bridging
- Brim
- Brown Part
- Build Area
- Build Chamber
- Build Coordinate System
- Build Cycle
- Build Direction
- Build Envelope
- Build Height
- Build Layer
- Build Material
- Build Origin
- Build Parameters
- Build Plate
- Build Platform
- Build Space
- Build Surface
- Build Time
- Build Volume
c
- CAD
- CAD File
- Caking
- CAL
- Calibration
- CAM
- Carriage
- Cartridge
- CEM
- Centrifugal Barrel Finishing
- Ceramic
- Ceramic Injection Molding
- Cermet
- Chassis
- Chopped Fiber
- Chord Height
- CIM
- CLIP
- CMB
- CMB File
- CNC
- Composite Extrusion Modeling
- Composite Material
- Compressed File
- Computed Axial Lithography
- Computed Tomography Scan
- Computer Aided Design
- Computer Aided Manufacturing
- Computerized Numerical Control
- Conformal Cooling
- Continuous Fiber
- Continuous Liquid Interface Production
- Contour
- Controlled Metal Buildup
- Cool Down
- Coordinate Machine Binary
- Copolymer
- Cross-Link
- Crystalline
- CT
- Cupping
- Cure
- Cure Temperature
- Curing
- Curl
d
- d-Limonene
- Datum
- De-Binder
- DED
- Delamination
- Depowdering
- Desiccant
- Design for Additive Manufacturing
- Desktop 3D Printing
- DfAM
- DiAM
- Digital Light Processing
- Digital Light Synthesis
- Digital Material
- Digital Sculpting
- Diode-based Additive Manufacturing
- Direct Drive
- Direct Ink Writing
- Direct Laser Melting
- Direct Metal Deposition
- Direct Metal Laser Melting
- Direct Metal Laser Sintering
- Direct-Write
- Directed Energy Deposition
- Distortion
- Distortion Compensation
- DIW
- DLM
- DLP
- DLS
- DMD
- DMLM
- DMLS
- DOD
- Drill Guide
- Drop on Demand
- Dual Extrusion
- Dyeing
e
- EBM
- EDM
- Elastomer
- Electrical Discharge Machining
- Electron Beam
- Electron Beam Melting
- Electrostatic Discharge Materials
- Encrypted File
- End Part
- End Use Part
- Endstop
- Epoxy
- ESD
- EUP
- Extruder
- Extrusion
- Extrusion Multiplier
- Extrusion Nozzle
f
- Facet
- Faceted Geometry
- FDM
- Feature
- Feed Region
- Feeder
- Feedstock
- FEP
- FEP Film
- FFF
- FGF
- Filament
- Fill Density
- Film Transfer Imaging
- Fixture
- Flowable Metal Paste
- Fluorinated ethylene propylene
- FMP
- Frame
- Freeform Fabrication
- Front
- FTI
- Fully Dense
- Functional Prototype
- Fused Deposition Modeling
- Fused Filament Fabrication
- Fused Granulate Fabrication
- Fusing
- Fusion
g
- G-Code
- Galvo
- Gantry
- Gas Nitriding
- GDP
- Gel Dispensed Printing
- Gelatin Methacrylate
- GelMA
- Generative Design
- Geometry
- Geometry Kernel
- Glass Transition Temperature
- Granular Materials Binding
- Graphene
- Green Part
- Grit Blast
h
- Hardcoat
- Hardening
- Heat Affected Zone
- Heat Deflection
- Heat Treat
- Heat Zone
- Heated Bed
- High Impact Polystyrene
- High Speed Sintering
- HIP
- HIPS
- Hobby 3D Printer
- Hot End
- Hot Isostatic Pressing
- HPS
- HSS
- Hybrid Manufacturing
- Hybrid PhotoSynthesis
- Hybrid System
- Hydrogel
- Hydrographics
- Hydrolysis
- Hygroscopic
i
- iCLIP
- IGES
- In Situ Monitoring
- Industrial 3D Printers
- Inert Gas
- Infill
- Infill Density
- Injection CLIP
- Injection Molding
- Inkjet
- Insert
- Investment Casting
- Isotropic
j
- Jig
k
- Kapton Tape
- Kiln Furniture
l
- L-PBF
- Laminated Object Manufacturing
- Laser
- Laser Cladding
- Laser Cusing
- Laser Engineered Net Shaping
- Laser Powder Bed Fusion
- Laser Powder Forming
- Laser Sintering
- Lattice
- Layer
- Layer Count
- Layer Height
- Layer Thickness
- LCD Masking
- LDEPD
- LDM
- Lead Screw
- LENS
- Light-Directed Electrophoretic Deposition
- Lightweighting
- Limit Switch
- Limonene
- Linear Bearing
- LOM
- Low-Temperature Deposition Modeling
- LPBF
- LPF
- LS
m
- Machine Bounding Box
- Machine Coordinate System
- Machine Home
- Machine Origin
- Machine Zero Point
- Maker 3D Printer
- Manufacturing Lot
- Master Bounding Box
- Material Extrusion
- Material Jetting
- Material Supplier
- Maximum Layer Thickness
- MCAD
- Mechanical Computer Aided Design
- Media Blasting
- Melt Pool
- Melted and Extruded Modeling
- Melting
- Melting Temperature
- MEM
- MEMS
- Metal
- Metal Injection Molding
- Metal Powder Bed Fusion
- Metrology
- MEX
- Microelectromechanical Systems
- Microstructure
- MIM
- Minimum Layer Thickness
- Mirror Galvanometer
- MJ
- MJF
- MJP
- MJS
- MJT
- MMD
- Model Material
- Mold
- Molding
- Molten Metal Deposition
- Monomer
- MPBF
- Multi Jet Fusion
- Multi-step Process
- MultiJet Printing
- Multiphase Jet Solidification
n
- Nanomaterials
- Nanoparticle Jetting
- Native Format
- Near Net Shape
- Nesting
- Neutral File
- Nozzle
- NPJ
- Number of Layers
- NURBS
- Nylon
o
- OBJ
- Open Curve
- Orientation
- Orthotropic
- Overcure
- Overflow Region
- Overhang
- Overlap
p
- P3
- PA
- Packing
- PAEK
- Parasolid File
- Part
- Part Bed
- Part Cake
- Part Consolidation
- Part Holder
- Part Location
- PBF
- PBT
- PC
- PCL
- Pedestal
- PEEK
- PEI
- PEK
- PEKK
- Pellet
- Perimeter
- PETG
- PHA
- Photocure
- Photopolymer
- Photopolymerization
- Pillowing
- PIM
- PJP
- PLA
- Plasma Jet Printing
- Plastic
- Plastic Injection Molding
- Plastic Jet Printing
- PMMA
- Polyamide
- Polyaryletherketone
- Polybutylene terephthalate
- Polycaprolactone
- Polycarbonate
- Polyetheretherketone
- Polyetherimide
- Polyetherketone
- Polyetherketoneketone
- Polyethylene Terephthalateglycol
- Polyhydroxyalkanoates
- PolyJet
- Polylactic Acid
- Polymer
- Polymethyl methacrylate
- Polyphenylene Sulfide
- Polyphenylsulfone
- Polypropolene
- Polytetrafluoroethylene
- Polyurethane
- Polyvinyl Alcohol
- Porosity
- Post-Processing
- Powder Batch
- Powder Bed
- Powder Bed Fusion
- Powder Blend
- Powder Coating
- Powder Lot
- PP
- PPS
- PPSF
- PPSU
- Pre-Processing
- Process Monitoring
- Process Parameters
- Process Simulation
- Product Definition
- Production Part
- Production Run
- Programmable PhotoPolymerization
- Prototype
- Prototype Tooling
- PTFE
- PU
- PUR
- PVA
q
- QuickCast
r
- Raft
- Rapid Prototyping
- Rapid Tooling
- Raster Pattern
- Reactive Material
- Reactive Metals
- Recoater Blade
- Repeatability
- Residual Stress
- Resin
- Resin Removal System
- Resolution
- Retraction
- Reverse Photo Lithography
- Reverse Photo Topography
- RP
- RPT
- RT
s
- SAF
- Sand Casting
- SBAM
- SCA
- Scaffolding
- Scan Pattern
- Scan, Spin, and Selective Photocure
- Screw Drive
- SDB
- SDL
- Seam
- Selective Absorption Fusion
- Selective Deposition Lamination
- Selective Diffusion Bonding
- Selective Heat Sintering
- Selective Laser Melting
- Selective Laser Reaction Sintering
- Selective Laser Sintering
- Selective Thermoplastic Electrophotographic Process
- Self-Assembly
- Self-Supporting Angle
- Service Provider
- SFF
- SGC
- Sheet Lamination
- Shell
- Shell Thickness
- SHL
- Shot Peening
- Shrinkage Compensation
- SHS
- Single-step Process
- Sinter
- Sinter Based Additive Manufacturing
- Sintered
- Sintering
- Skirt
- SLA
- Slice
- Slicer
- SLM
- SLRS
- SLS
- Solid Freeform Fabrication
- Solid Geometry
- Solid Ground Curing
- Solid Model
- Soluble Support Material
- Spool
- Stair Steps
- STEP
- STEP File
- STEP Process
- Stepper Motor
- Stereolithography
- STL File
- Stress Relief
- Stringing
- Substrate
- Subtractive Manufacturing
- Support Cleaning Apparatus
- Support Material
- Support Removal System
- Support Volume
- Supporting Angle
- Supports
- Surface Angle
- Surface Finish
- Surface Model
- System Set-up
t
- Tank
- Teflon
- Text File
- Thermal Stress
- Thermistor
- Thermoplastic
- Thermoplastic Elastomer
- Thermoplastic Polyurethane
- Thermoset Plastic
- Tip Diameter
- Tool Path
- Tooling
- Top Curing System
- Topological Optimization
- Topology
- Topology Optimization
- TPE
- TPU
- Traditional Manufacturing
- Travel
- Travel Speed
- Triangulation
- Tribecular
- Tumbling
u
- UAM
- UC
- ULTEM
- Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing
- Ultrasonic Consolidation
- Ultraviolet Light
- Used Powder
- UV Light
v
- Valid Solid Model
- VAM
- Vapor Smoothing
- Vat
- Vat Photopolymerization
- Virgin
- Virgin Powder
- Viscosity
- Viscous Lithography Manufacturing
- VLM
- Volumetric 3D Printing
- Volumetric Additive Manufacturing
- Volumetric Pixel
- Voxel
- Voxelfill
- VPP
w
- Wall Thickness
- Warm Up Time
- Warping
- Water Transfer Printing
- Watertight Solid
- Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
- Wire EDM
x
- X-Axis
- X-Y Plane
y
- Y-Axis
z
- Z-Axis
- Z-Direction
- Z-Height
- Zero Point
- Zipped File
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