Glossary
Additive manufacturing terms and acronyms, and what each of them means.
287Terms
146Acronyms Expanded
20Categories
Technology Term85Manufacturing Term44AM Type39Design Term26Material22CAD Term17AM Category12CAD File Type9Manufacturer6Industry Organisation5Industry Alliance4Material Term4Innovation Research Centre3Material Manufacturer3Education Term2Manufacturing Event2AM Media1AM Project1Material Research Centre1Software Manufacturer1
287 terms in 20 categories
- 2DTwo Dimensional
- 3DThree Dimensional
- 4DP4D Printing
- Ballast
- CFDComputational Flow Dynamics
- Chamfer
- Customisation
- Design for Value
- FEAFinite Element Analysis
- Fillet
- Generative Design
- Lightweighting
- Lithophane
- Living Hinge
- Mirror
- Modularity
- Native CAD
- Offset
- Open Source
- Optimisation
- Pilot Hole
- Repeatability
- Reverse Engineering
- User Centred Design
- X,Y Plane
- Z Plane