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Geometry

Dimensional Accuracy (+/- 0.001 inches per inch)
Too Low: 10
Easily Achieved: 20 or higher

Surface Roughness (microinches)
Too Low: 200
Easily Achieved: 400 or higher

Bounding Box Volume (cubic inches)
Just Right: up to 8 x 8 x 8
High: 10 x 10 x 10

Wall Thickness
Uniform Walls Preferred: No
Max Wall Thickness (inches): 5
Min Wall Thickness (inches): about 0.010 (which is the diameter of the plastic extruded onto the building platform)

Rounded Corners Preferred: No

Compatible Shapes:

As a solid free-form fabrication process, FDM can generate all of the shape categories of the MAS:

• Free Form Drape
• Free Form General
• Planar
• Prismatic
• Surface of Revolution
• Thin Wall
• Constant Cross Section