Most people would wonder what is 3d printer like when first heard about it,what we can imagine is only the ink-jet printer that we use in daily lives.The difference between the ink-jet printer and 3d printer is the dimensions issue--ink-jet printer is 2-dimensional style jetting ink on a plain paper,while 3d printer is to build a 3-dimensional solid prototype or object which we can hold in hands.

3D printer prints prototypes from a 3d model or other electronic data source primarily through additive processes in which successive layers of material are laid down under computer control.During the most period of human history,we make solid 3d object via cutting material blocks or from the tooling.

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3D printing is called Additive Manufacturing from the view of technology,this is also a very proper description of the printing process. The unique manufacturing technique enables us manufacture almost any shape of prototypes ever different from the past.

Yet 3D printing is not a new technology,it has been working for dozens of years in manufacturing industry.In last several years,at the push of computer capacity,new design software,new materials,creativeness and the internet,3d printing technology has been grown rapidly.

Computer plays an important role during the 3d printing process.If the computer doesn’t send out instruction ,the 3d printer would turn paralyzed.Because the condition that 3d printer works is to input a design finished data or file,they will tell the printer where to place the materials.In fact a 3d printer is useless without connecting to a computer,like an ipod without music storage.
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