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
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> 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........?
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> I know its 3D -- it was meant to be rhetorical musing
>
> AR
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> -----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........?
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>
> 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:
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> 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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