Terry Wohlers wrote:
>
> Yakov Horenstein wrote:
>
> > Maybe it's a dumb question, but how come no-one has come up with a
> combined
> > additive/subtractive fabricator?
>
> As I'm sure you're aware, Cubital and Sanders Prototype have combined these
> methods. Perhaps you're referring to the use of milling, drilling, etc.,
> to shape the object, versus flatten each layer. It is surprising that no
> one has tried this, ... or maybe someone has and failed.
>
Perhaps the issue is more that there are no software tools for doing
this.
It is assumed in exsiting CAM systems that machining will be done as
secondry
operations.
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