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Material efficiency

General desciption of Material efficiency:

Material efficiency is a description or metric which expresses the degree in which raw materials are consumed, incorporated, or wasted, as compared to previous measures in construction / manufacturing projects or physical processes.  Making a usable item out of thinner stock than a prior version increases the material efficiency of the manufacturing process.  (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_efficiency)

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We will generate Objects closer to their nominal shape and thus less material will be removed by subtractive processes.

CAxMan aim at using less material by offering new shape design methods for efficient design of voids and cavities. CAxMan also address the design of better and leaner support structures (use of less material) based analysis addressing thermal stresses and distortions during the additive process.