This text outlines the essence of additive manufacturing (AM), focusing on its integration with design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) and computer-aided design (CAD) systems. It highlights AM's transition from prototyping to embedding within traditional manufacturing processes, enabling the production of innovative shapes unrestricted by conventional methods. The document discusses the importance of DfAM in optimizing designs for AM, leveraging generative design, and the strategic benefits across an organization's operations, engineering, sales, manufacturing, and service sectors. It elaborates on the additive manufacturing ecosystem, including workflow, software, security, materials, and post-processing considerations.

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