Geometry-based estimation of manufacturing complexity of fused filament fabrication printed products

ABSTRACT:

We present a geometry-based complexity factor for additive manufacturing that estimates relative printing effort of fused filament fabricated parts from STL geometry alone. A reference effort is derived by slicing thousands of parts and volume-equivalent cubes. Eight interpretable geometric metrics feed a constrained, regularised index with monotonic calibration, achieving robust test accuracy and revealing which shape features dominate structural complexity.