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stereolithography
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stereolithography
The first 3D printing technology, which was pioneered by Chuck Hull of 3D Systems. See 3D printing.
stereolithography [‚ster·ē·ō·li′thäg·rə·fē]
(industrial engineering)
A three-dimensional printing process whereby a CAD drawing of a part is processed to create a file of the part in slices and the part is constructed one slice (or layer) at a time (from bottom to top) by depositing layer upon layer of material (usually a liquid resin that can be hardened using a scanning laser), used for rapid prototyping.
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