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3D printing

3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer control, with the material being added together (e.g. plastics, liquids, or powder grains being fused)…

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3D printing
1986
Aquatint
1772
Chromolithography
1837
Daisy wheel printing
1889
Digital printing
1991
Dot matrix printing
1925

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3D printing

Nodes241
Edges240
Triples401
Avg. degree1.99
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3D printing

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related to Further reading · 88
3D printing → Advantages, Analog, Atmospheric Environment, Azimi, Bibcode, Bioprint, Boots Industries, Century Manufacturing, Dickel, Easton, El Orch, Equipment, Eric, EU-OSHA, Evaluation Protocol, Fabricated, Google Docs, Harvard Journal, Heat Beds, Hod
related to Materials · 34
3D printing → AMP, April, August, Autofact Exposition, Baxter Healthcare, Before, CAD, Charles Hull, Detroit, General Motors, HeCd, However, In, Jan, January, Layer-by-layer, November, PCA, Pratt, Precision Castparts
related to Transportation · 21
3D printing → ABS, Airbus, Airbus A350 XWB, For, Force, GE Aviation, General Electric, In, In May, Israeli Air Force, Koenigsegg, Local Motors, Many, One, Other, Royal Air Force Eurofighter, Strati, Swedish, The United States Air, Typhoon
related to Gun legislation and administration · 19
3D printing → After, Attempting, Brazil, DeCSS, Defense Distributed, Downloads, DVD, Even, Germany, Hod Lipson, Homeland Security, Internet, Joint Regional Intelligence Center, Pirate Bay, Some US, Spain, The US Department, UK, US
related to Replicating archeological artifacts · 19
3D printing → Allahyari, Art, Artec, Bolivia, British Museum, In, Iranian, Iranian-born, ISIS, Many Europeans, Military History, Morehshin Allahyari, National Museum, North American Museums, Other, The Metropolitan Museum, Threeding, Tiwanaku, Varna Historical Museum
related to 1990s · 15
3D printing → AM, At, By, Carnegie Mellon University, CNC, CNC EDM, Corporation, Emanuel Sachs, Extrude Hone Corporation, However, MIT, Sacrificial, Soligen Technologies, Stanford, The
related to Circuit boards · 12
3D printing → After, Aside, Circuit, Complex, Current, Many, Nomenclature, Polymer, Specified, The, Then, These
related to Health · 12
3D printing → As, In, It, Michigan, One, Patient-matched, Propionibacterium, Propionic, Surgical, The, University, Virtual
related to Replicating historic buildings and architectural structures · 12
3D printing → After, Amsterdam, Cinema4D, In, Iran National Bank, It, July, Netfabb, Oudezijds Achterburgwal, Parsinejad, Spanning, The
related to 2020s · 10
3D printing → As, British, FDM, In, In November, London, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Steve Verze, These, US

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3d printing manufacturing additive production materials material technology printers used using process processes parts also printer use new printed design

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
3D printing3D printing19861.00infobox
3D printingAquatint17721.00infobox
3D printingChromolithography18371.00infobox
3D printingDaisy wheel printing18891.00infobox
3D printingDigital printing19911.00infobox
3D printingDot matrix printing19251.00infobox
3D printingDye-sublimation19571.00infobox
3D printingEtchingc. 15151.00infobox
3D printingHectograph18601.00infobox
3D printingHot metal typesetting18841.00infobox
3D printingInkjet printing19501.00infobox
3D printingIntaglio (printmaking)14301.00infobox
3D printingLaser printing19691.00infobox
3D printingLithography17961.00infobox
3D printingMezzotint16421.00infobox
3D printingMimeograph18851.00infobox
3D printingMovable type10401.00infobox
3D printingOffset printing18751.00infobox
3D printingPhotostat and rectigraph19071.00infobox
3D printingPhototypesetting19491.00infobox
3D printingPintadera10,000 BC1.00infobox
3D printingPrinting pressc. 14401.00infobox
3D printingRelief printing16901.00infobox
3D printingRotary press18431.00infobox
3D printingScreen printing19111.00infobox
3D printingSolid ink printing19721.00infobox
3D printingSpark printing19401.00infobox
3D printingSpirit duplicator19231.00infobox
3D printingThermal printingc. 19721.00infobox
3D printingThermal-transfer printing19811.00infobox

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