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Glossary <strong>of</strong> terms and abbreviations<br />

Technical terms and abbreviations<br />

280<br />

Glossary and explanatory notes<br />

3D Lightyear TM 3D Systems SLA preparation s<strong>of</strong>tware (3D<br />

Systems trademark)<br />

3D Printing RP technology that creates models by selectively<br />

adding bind to layers <strong>of</strong> powder<br />

3D Systems Inc. USA based company producing a range <strong>of</strong> RP<br />

machines<br />

ADM advanced digital manufacturing<br />

Arcam Swedish RP machine manufacturer<br />

Boolean simple mathematical addition or subtraction <strong>of</strong><br />

one thing with another according to set theory<br />

CAD/CAE/CAM computer-aided design/engineering/manufacture<br />

CNC Computer Numerical Control – <strong>of</strong> machining<br />

centres, lathes and milling machines<br />

digitizing capturing data points from an object’s surface, 3D<br />

scanning<br />

DLP TM Digital light processing (Texas Instruments<br />

trademark)<br />

EnvisionTEC German manufacturer <strong>of</strong> RP machines<br />

EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems – a German<br />

manufacturer <strong>of</strong> RP machines<br />

FDM TM Fused Deposition <strong>Modelling</strong> (Stratasys<br />

trademark)<br />

FEA fi nite element analysis, computer testing <strong>of</strong><br />

strength or stiffness<br />

Helisys Inc. USA based company that produced laminated<br />

object manufacture machines<br />

InVision TM three-dimensional printing type RP machine<br />

utilising acrylate material (3D Systems<br />

trademark)

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