Build time estimator for adaptive slicing in Stereolithography

There are two main kinds of slicing methods including constant and variable slicing. In order to reduce the build time of a prototype, a number of slicing methods has been presented. These approaches are mainly based on the variable slice thickness instead of constant thickness. The layer thickness in this method is decided by the geometry of the solid model and is known as adaptive slicing. Dolenc and Makela [3] proposed a variable slicing method to slice tessellated CAD models and proposed the cusp height tolerance concept.