I know its 3D -- it was meant to be rhetorical musing
AR
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Richards [mailto:tomr@aicasting.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 10:11 AM
To: razdan@asu.edu
Cc: rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi
Subject: RE: What's in a name........?
It's 3D, providing that you take into account the finish (stair stepping),
resolution (radii of intersections) and accuracy (of dimensions x,y,x).
Best Regards, Tom Richards, Metallurgist
At 09:14 AM 11/15/00 -0700, you wrote:
Not to digress from this wonderful conversation but it got me
thinking....
Is it 2D, 2 1/2D or 3D printing?
The machines ONLY work in 2D layers
The parts could be construed as 2 1/2 D since you fix the Z or build
direction and it never changes
The resulting parts are 3D
Hmmmmm
AR
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