Scanning and inspecting additively-manufactured parts results in reduced costs, minimized iterations, and improved accuracy and quality. As new production technologies evolve new technical challenges arise in manufacturing the best possible part. Oftentimes significant tuning of the new process is required the first time a contract manufacturer attempts production in order to understand elements such as shrinkage, surface finish and repeatability. Additive manufacturing is no exception and yet tools to track these elements for this production methodology have lagged behind.

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