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3D printing is also known as 'additive manufacturing' and basically describes the process of making solid, three dimensional objects from a digital file; much like you will have a typed document on your screen, when you press print, you receive a replica printed version, on paper, from the printer. With 3D printing, the object is made by a series of layers, known as an additive process. Each layer is laid on top of the other until the final object is created; it receives the instructions from th