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Digital modeling and fabrication
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<p>Digital modeling and fabrication is a design and production process that combines <a href="/facts/3D_modeling/6V3Ry9AJ">3D modeling</a> or <a href="/facts/Computer-aided_design/5gSXrmmN">computing-aided design (CAD)</a> with additive and subtractive <a href="/facts/Manufacturing/3qW7bcdy">manufacturing</a>. Additive manufacturing is also known as <a href="/facts/3D_printing/lbvWU3t0">3D printing</a>, while subtractive manufacturing may also be referred to as <a href="/facts/Machining/Yrjfj6IV">machining</a>, and many other technologies can be used to physically produce the designed objects. </p>