3DP

3D Printing

ABS

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene

AM

Additive Manufacturing

CAD / CAM

Computer-aided design / Computer-aided manufacturing

CAE

Computer-aided engineering

DLP

Digital Light Processing

DMD

Direct Metal Deposition

DMLS

Direct Metal Laser Sintering

EBM

Electron Beam Melting

EVA

Ethylene Vinyl Acetate

FDM

Fused Deposition Modelling (Trademark of Stratasys)

FFF

Freeform Fabrication

LENS

Laser Engineering Net-Shaping (Trademark of SNL, licensed to Optomec)

LS

Laser Sintering

PLA

Polylactic Acid

RE

Reverse Engineering

RM

Rapid Manufacturing

RP

Rapid Prototyping

RT

Rapid Tooling

SL

Stereolithography

SLA

Stereolithography Apparatus (Registered Trademark of 3D Systems)

SLM

Selective Laser Melting

SLS

Selective Laser Sintering (Registered Trademark of 3D Systems)

STL / .stl

Stereo Lithograpic