A 3D printed firearm is a firearm that is partially or primarily produced with a 3D printer. While plastic printed firearms are associated with improvised firearms, or the politics of gun control, digitally-produced metal firearms are more associated with commercial manufacturing or experiments in traditional firearms design.
The FGC-9 is a 9x19 mm semiautomatic carbine first developed in 2020.
3D printing or additive manufacturing is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer control, with the material being added together, typically layer by layer.
CAD model used for 3D printing
3D models can be generated from 2D pictures taken at a 3D photo booth.
Detail of the Stoofbrug [nl] in Amsterdam, the world's first 3D-printed metal bridge
A multi-material 3DBenchy