Tor Alva: The Tallest 3D-Printed Building in the World
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Ikon is doing some pretty cool things and perhaps there's a different nomenclature for 3D printing something as one piece (without any seams or assembly) but is something any less 3D-printed because it was printed in multiple pieces versus a single piece?
How small would the pieces have to be before you say it's not a 3d-printed building? Is a building made out of 3d-printed bricks a 3d-printed building or are the bricks 3d-printed but the building not?
The limit as piece size tends to zero is that 3d-printed-ness tends to 0.
Instead of printing a single building as one piece, what if we print a whole city block as a single piece. Are those buildings 3d-printed then, or are they just part of a 3d-printed bigger whole? Asking seriously btw.
You're using a 3D printer in both cases. 3D printers print three-dimensionally, as they do.
Requiring assembly is more of a qualifier. It isn't just set-it-and-forget-it the way a single piece is.