Table 1.
The “Opportunity Objects”
| Opportunity | Machine | Materials | Description | Schema | Object |
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| Freeform shapes | Stratasys Dimension ELITE | P430 ABSplus (Support P400-SR) | Cube with a tube forming a complex node |
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| Objects from 3D scans | Stratasys Objet260 Connex | FullCure 810, VeroClear | Cube with scans of surfaces of Lego® parts |
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| Microstructure variation | Stratasys Objet260 Connex | FullCure 980, TangoBlack Plus | Cube with eight parts with different porosities and thus different hardness levels |
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| Texture | Stratasys Objet260 Connex | FullCure 810, VeroClear | Cube representing a different texture per face |
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| Monoblock | MakerBot Replicator 2 | Yellow PLA | Spiral-shaped cube with a central column |
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| Topology optimization | SLM®125 | Fe-based Alloy 316L (1.4404) | Cube with an organic structure |
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| Nonassembled mechanisms | MakerBot Replicator 2 | Yellow PLA | Cube with pivot, slide, and helical connections |
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| Segmentation | Stratasys Objet260 Connex | FullCure 810, VeroClear | Cube made in one piece can be disassembled into four parts |
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| Embedded components | MakerBot Replicator 2 | Yellow PLA | Cube encapsulating a nonremovable wooden cube |
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| Internal channels | Stratasys Objet260 Connex | FullCure 810, VeroClear | Transparent cube with internal channels |
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| Infilling | MakerBot Replicator 2 | Yellow PLA | Cube with eight different internal structures |
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| Auxetics structure | Stratasys Objet260 Connex | FullCure 980, TangoBlack Plus | Cube with a structure allowing to have negative Poisson's modulus |
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| Material choices | Stratasys Objet260 Connex Stratasys Dimension ELITE MakerBot Replicator 2 SLM125 |
FullCure 810, VeroClear FullCure 980, TangoBlack Plus P430 ABSplus (Support P400-SR) Yellow PLA Fe-based Alloy 316L (1.4404) |
Cube with five plates of different materials on one plate with a central column |
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| Multimaterials | Stratasys Objet260 Connex | FullCure 810, VeroClear FullCure 980, TangoBlack Plus |
Cube made in one piece of two different materials |
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Correction added on May 24, 2021 after first online publication of May 6, 2021: The right most figure for the “Internal Channels” row was the incorrect figure. The right most figure has been replaced with the correct figure.