Design Process for Additive Manufacturing

<p><span style=color: rgba(23 43 77 1)>This Reprint presents eleven contributions related to the design process for Additive Manufacturing (AM) gathered during the 2024-2025 period from experts in engineering and science from Germany the USA Hungary Italy China Indonesia Poland and Ireland. It includes four articles that focus on traditional CAD modeling four that explore Reverse Engineering (RE) design and two that analyze the optimization processes involved in 3D printer construction and the materials used. Additionally this Reprint contains a review that provides information about 4D printing. The articles presented here discuss essential aspects of AM. They emphasize that the AM process which involves layer-by-layer material deposition requires careful optimization during both the design and manufacturing stages to achieve the desired properties in the final model such as strength accuracy and surface quality.</span></p>