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64 <strong>Medical</strong> modelling<br />

Beam diameter<br />

compensation<br />

5.3 Beam compensation.<br />

5.1.5 Data input<br />

Beam path<br />

5.4 <strong>The</strong> effect <strong>of</strong> beam compensation.<br />

All RP systems require a computer model <strong>of</strong> the object to be built. In all<br />

cases, s<strong>of</strong>tware is used to take a three-dimensional computer model <strong>of</strong> the<br />

object to be built and slice it into a vast number <strong>of</strong> very thin cross sections.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se cross sections are then translated into an appropriate format to direct<br />

the layer manufacturing process <strong>of</strong> the RP system.

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