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Glossary of 3D Printing and Manufacturing

110 terms: 3D printing, design, mechanics and engineering, each with a diagram

The glossary explains the words used on the shop floor and in documentation: what a term means, where the number behind it comes from and what usually goes wrong. Every term carries a short definition, a diagram, the theory, the application and the common mistakes.

If you need the design number rather than the meaning (minimum wall, overhang angle, hole diameter per technology), it lives in the design rules.

Terms110
Fields3D printing, 3D design, mechanics, engineering
LanguagesBulgarian and English
Accessfree, no registration
Layer AdhesionOverhangBridgingInfillWarpingStringingRetractionFirst-Layer CalibrationSupportsBed AdhesionRaft and BrimSeam (Z-seam)SlicingG-codeFlow RateExtrusion WidthPart CoolingElephant FootWall / PerimeterTop and Bottom LayersPrint SpeedResin Layer CureFEP FilmAnisotropy in FDMNozzleHotendFilament DryingLayer HeightPillowingUnder-ExtrusionMesh TopologyBoolean OperationNURBSParametric ModelingFilletChamferExtrudeRevolveLoftSweepShell / HollowManifold GeometryNon-Manifold EdgeVertex / Edge / FacePolygon CountSubdivision SurfaceSTLWatertight MeshFace NormalsWall ThicknessDraft AngleDatumSketch ConstraintB-repVoxelRetopologyMesh DecimationTessellationTensile StrengthYield StrengthYoung's ModulusStressStrainPoisson's RatioShear StressHardnessToughnessDuctilityBrittlenessElongation at BreakFatigueCreepStiffnessElasticityPlasticityCompressive StrengthFlexural StrengthImpact StrengthStress-Strain CurveNeckingResidual StressAnisotropyIsotropyVon Mises StressBending MomentTorsionToleranceFactor of SafetyClearance FitInterference FitGD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing)Surface RoughnessDimensional AccuracyPress FitLattice StructureTopology OptimizationDfAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing)Build OrientationPart ConsolidationStress ConcentrationSnap FitLiving HingeMinimum Feature SizeOverhang RuleHole Sizing for 3D PrintingThermal ExpansionAssembly ClearanceDesign MarginThread (3D Printed)Draft for Assembly