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Today, several new technologies address the rapid creation of models, prototypes, patterns and limited run manufacturing. These technologies are capable of producing complex freeform solid objects directly from a computer model of an object without part-specific tooling or knowledge. They are, for the most part, additive processes and have been termed rapid prototyping, desk top manufacturing, and Solid Freeform Fabrication. In this book, a general technical review of freeform fabrication technologies is given with an in-depth discussion of those technologies which have been actively studied at the University of Texas Laboratory for Freeform Fabrication.
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Beaman, J.J., Barlow, J.W., Bourell, D.L., Crawford, R.H., Marcus, H.L., McAlea, K.P. (1997). Introduction. In: Solid Freeform Fabrication: A New Direction in Manufacturing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6327-3_1
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