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t1234s 3 hours ago

"3D Printer" is a broad term. Would this apply to HAAS automated CNC machines? They can "3D Print" things from billet.

dns_snek 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> (d) “Three-dimensional printer” means a computer-aided manufacturing device capable of producing a three-dimensional object from a three-dimensional digital model through an additive manufacturing process that involves the layering of two-dimensional cross sections formed of a resin or similar material that are fused together to form a three-dimensional object.

https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-civ/division-3/...

I expect someone to get around this by modifying the slicing software to use a different algorithm that doesn't rely strictly on layering 2D cross sections.

chucksta 3 hours ago | parent [-]

-resin or similar material

Or just start printing them out of something useful like metal

ThrowawayTestr 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Good point. Is metal powder "similar material"? What's the cheapest laser sinterer?

15155 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The recently-introduced WA legislation also covers subtractive methods; I imagine CA omitted that specifically because of Haas.