A bead of material, or a solidified, sintered, or melted path of material that runs along the outside of a region on a layer, where the surface(s) of the part intersects the current build plane. Almost all additive manufacturing processes that have a tool path and do not operate on a layer all at one time, begin by building the contour and then creating the internal geometry. ,
Categories: Build Characteristics
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