BACKGROUND

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is dramatically changing the manufacturing landscape. Via 3D printing, articles and components may be manufactured without the resources of a factory or other large-scale production facility. Additive manufacturing systems produce three-dimensional (3D) objects by building up layers of material and combining those layers using adhesives, heat, chemical reactions, and other coupling processes. Some additive manufacturing systems may be referred to as “3D printing devices.” The additive manufacturing systems make it possible to convert a computer aided design (CAD) model or other digital representation of an object into a physical object. Digital data is processed into slices each defining that part of a layer or layers of build material to be formed into the object.

