In ICOI’s official glossary, Additive fabrication is cross-referenced to Solid freeform fabrication.
Solid freeform fabrication: Syn: Additive fabrication, Layered manufacturing.
A collection of techniques for manufacturing solid objects by the sequential delivery of energy and/or material to specified points in space to produce that solid.
See: Rapid prototyping, Stereolithography, Three-dimensional printing.
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