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Rapid Prototyping
Rapid Prototyping is a common name given to technologies that are
used to create 3-dimensional prototypes directly from CAD files or
digitally scanned data. In general the technologies create models of
material in thin layers this is
called
additive fabrication, the machine reads in data from a
.STL file format
CAD drawing and lays down successive layers of
thermoplastic material,
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Fused
Deposition
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