Yes time as a dimension I forgot about -- Good point !!
AR
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Miller, Michael W [mailto:Mike.Miller3@PSS.Boeing.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 11:37 AM
>> To: 'Tom Richards'; 'razdan@asu.edu'
>> Cc: rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi
>> Subject: RE: What's in a name........?
>>
>>
>> Maybe it should be 4D, since it takes so dang long.
>>
>> Disclaimer: Engineer and out the other!
>> Quick is not good if you're going the wrong way.
>> Michael W Miller (michael.w.miller@boeing.com)
>> The Boeing Company M/C 17-PE B-2T65
>> Propulsion Experimental Hardware 206-655-3289
>> Rapid Prototyping 655-4366 Lab 655-4365
>>
>> > ----------
>> > From: Anshuman Razdan[SMTP:razdan@asu.edu]
>> > Reply To: razdan@asu.edu
>> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 9:28 AM
>> > To: 'Tom Richards'; razdan@asu.edu
>> > Cc: rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi
>> > Subject: RE: What's in a name........?
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------
>> > Dr. Anshuman Razdan
>> > Director PRISM
>> > Email: razdan@asu.edu
>> > http://prism.asu.edu/~razdan
>> > MC 5106 Arizona State University
>> > Tempe AZ 85287-5906
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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