Representation and Processing of Heterogeneous Objects for Solid Freeform Fabrication
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چکیده
Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF), also referred to as Layered manufacturing (LM), is a new method of fabrication. Unlike conventional manufacturing (e.g., CNC machining), where a part is fabricated by selectively removing material from a workpiece, in SFF, a part is built by depositing material, layer-by-layer, under computer control. Solid Freeform Fabrication is in principle a 2.5D process stacking up layers with the advantage that the part’s geometric complexity has little impact on the fabrication process.
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