Table 1 Additive manufacturing terminology used in this review and equivalent terms used in the individual reviewed studies
Terms used in this review | Alternative terms in the literature |
|---|---|
Filament | Strut, fibre/fiber, road, rod, raster, extrudate |
Filament orientation | Fibre/fiber orientation, lay-down pattern, scan pattern, raster angle, design, print path, layer configuration |
Filament spacing | Road gap, filament distance, and similar combinations |
Filament width | Strut width, road width, filament diameter, fibre/fiber size, and similar combinations |
Layer thickness | Layer height, slice thickness, z-increment |
Repeated layers | Double layer/triple layer |
Staggered filaments (opposed by “aligned filaments”) | Offset layers, diagonal pores |
Porosity | Pore fraction, pore volume fraction |
Pore size | Pore width |