| 3DP |
3-Dimensional Printing [TM of Massachusetts
Institute of Technology] |
| ABS |
acrylonitrile butydiene styrene plastic |
| ACES |
Accurate Clear Epoxy Solid [TM of 3D Systems] |
| ADM |
Advanced Digital Manufacturing [TM of 3D
Systems] |
| BPM |
ballistic particle manufacturing |
| CAD |
computer-aided design |
| CAE |
computer-aided engineering |
| CAM |
computer-aided manufacturing |
| CC |
contour crafting |
| CMB |
Controlled Metal Buildup [TM Albrecht Roders
GmbH and Fraunhofer Institutes] |
| CNC |
computer numerical control |
| CSS |
Cross-Sectional Scanning [TM of CGI, Inc.] |
| DesCAF |
Design-Controlled Automated Fabrication [TM
of Light Sculpting Inc.] |
| EFAB |
Electrochemical Fabrication [TM of Microfabrica
Inc.] |
| DCM |
Direct Composite Manufacturing [TM of 3D
Systems] |
| DLF |
directed light fabrication [TM of Los Alamos
National Laboratory] |
| DMD |
1) Direct Metal Deposition [TM of POM Group];
2) deformable mirror device |
| DMDS |
Directed Metal Deposition System [TM of
Optomec] |
| DMLS |
Direct Metal Laser Sintering [TM of EOS
GmbH] |
| dpi |
dots per inch |
| DPS |
Direct Photo Shaping [TM of SRI Int'l.] |
| DSPC |
Direct Shell Production Casting [TM of
Soligen] |
| DTM |
desktop manufacturing |
| EBM |
Electron Beam Melting [TM Arcam AB] |
| EFAB |
Electrochemical Fabrication [TM of Microfabrica
Inc. (formerly MEMGen) and the University of Southern
California] |
| FDC |
fused deposition of ceramics |
| FDM |
fused deposition modeling [TM of Stratasys] |
| FFF |
freeform fabrication |
| FFM |
freeform manufacturing |
| GARPA |
Global Alliance of Rapid Prototyping Associations |
| GPD |
gas phase deposition |
| IGES |
Initial Graphic Exchange Specification |
| LAM |
Laser Additive Manufacturing [TM of AeroMet
Corp.] |
| LCVD |
laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition |
| LENS ® |
Laser Engineered Net Shaping (TM)[Registered
trademarks of Sandia National Labs. and Sandia Corp.] |
| LMJP |
liquid metal jet printing |
| LOM |
laminated object manufacturing |
| MICE |
mesoscopic integrated conformal electronics |
| MJM |
MultiJet Modeling [TM of 3D Systems, Inc.] |
| MJS |
Multiphase Jet Solidification [TM of Fraunhofer
Inst.] |
| MM |
ModelMaker [TM of Solidscape] |
| MSDM |
mold shape deposition manufacturing |
| PHAST |
Prototype Hard And Soft Tooling [TM of
Procter and Gamble and Milwaukee School of Engineering] |
| PLT |
Paper Lamination Technology [TM of Kira
Corp.] |
| RBC |
Robocasting [TM of Sandia National Laboratories] |
| RE |
reverse engineering |
| RFP |
rapid freeze prototyping / rapid freezing prototyping |
| RM |
rapid manufacturing |
| RP |
rapid prototyping |
| RPML |
rapid prototyping mailing list |
| RSP |
rapid solidification process |
| RT |
rapid tooling |
| SALD |
selective area laser deposition |
| SALDVI |
selective area laser deposition vapor infiltration |
| SCS |
Solid Creation System [TM of Sony/D-MEC] |
| SDM |
shape deposition manufacturing |
| SFF |
solid freeform fabrication |
| SGC |
Solid Ground Curing [TM Cubital] |
| SL |
stereolithography |
| SLA |
stereolithography |
| SLM |
selective laser melting |
| SLS |
selective laser sintering |
| SOUP |
Solid Object Ultraviolet Laser Plotter [TM
of CMET] |
| STAT |
Sample Time Acceleration Technology [TM
of Catalyst PDG, Inc.] |
| STEP |
Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data |
| STL |
stereolithography file format |
