There are a range of technologies which can be applied to free form manufacturing (sculpture). These include rapid prototyping, rapid manufacturing, laser cutting, 3D CNC, stereolithography. I will add to these and break them out with time.
Rapid Prototyping and Free Form Manufacturing Technologies
- Rapid Prototyping : Principles & Applications in Manufacturing by Chua Chee Kai, Leong Kah Fai [View Cover]
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- Stereolithography & Other Rp&m Technologies : From Rapid Prototyping to Rapid Tooling by Paul F. Jacobs Our Price:$ 88.00 Hardcover (December 1995) Society of Manufacturing; ISBN: 0872634671 Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks. Please note that titles occasionally go out of print or publishers run out of stock. We will notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this title. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 309,586
- Laser Material Processing by W. M. Steen [View Cover]
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- Solid Freeform Fabrication : A New Direction in Manufacturing : With Research and Applications in Thermal Laser Processing by Joseph J. Beaman, Joel W. Barlow, David L. Bourell, richa Crawford Our Price:$ 137.50 Hardcover (June 1997) Kluwer Academic Pub; ISBN: 0792398343 Availability: This title is currently on back order. We do not have a reprint date for this title, but we expect to be able to ship it to you within 3-5 weeks. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 763,150
- Solid Freeform Manufacturing : Advanced Rapid Prototyping (Manufacturing Research and Technology, Vol 19) by D. Kochan(Editor) Our Price:$ 163.00 Hardcover (September 1993) Elsevier Science Ltd; ISBN: 044489652X Availability: This title is currently on back order. We do not have a reprint date for this title, but we expect to be able to ship it to you within 3-5 weeks. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 1,143,179
- Rapid Automated Prototyping : An Introduction by Lamont Wood Try an out-of-print order Availability: This title is out of print. Although it is no longer available from the publisher, we'll query our network of used bookstores for you and send anupdate within one to two weeks. ASIN: 0831130474 Amazon.com Sales Rank: 645,218
- Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing : Fundamentals of Stereolithography by Paul F., Ph.D. Jacobs Try an out-of-print order Availability: This title is out of print. Although it is no longer available from the publisher, we'll query our network of used bookstores for you and send anupdate within one to two weeks. ASIN: 0070324336 Amazon.com Sales Rank: 1,227,632
- Principles of computer automated fabrication by Jerome L. Johnson Try an out-of-print order Availability: This title is out of print. Although it is no longer available from the publisher, we'll query our network of used bookstores for you and send anupdate within one to two weeks. ASIN: 0961800534