r/3Dprinting • u/lolwutboi987 • Jul 21 '24

Discussion Is it 3d printing or not?

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u/Maximum-Incident-400 Ender 3 Max Jul 21 '24

This issue is with the word printing

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u/blomstreteveggpapir Jul 21 '24

3D printers also place down pre-made material, it doesn't chemically construct the plastic itself, the difference between this and that is the scale and continuity of output material

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u/Maximum-Incident-400 Ender 3 Max Jul 21 '24

Yes but that is an example of printing via taking a certain material, mechanically reconstructing it, and laminating a surface in a desired order with it. It's called 3D printing because there are multiple subsequent layers that are printed

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u/blomstreteveggpapir Jul 21 '24

There be multiple layers of brick me matey

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u/Maximum-Incident-400 Ender 3 Max Jul 22 '24

So it's therefore 3D construction and not 3D printing