--- title: Is Now The Time For Volumetric 3D Printing? | daily.dev description: Volumetric additive manufacturing (VAM) is an emerging 3D printing technology that can produce entire objects at once without layers, using computed axial... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/is-now-the-time-for-volumetric-3d-printing--fdfmtwdbj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Is Now The Time For Volumetric 3D Printing? | daily.dev og:description: Volumetric additive manufacturing (VAM) is an emerging 3D printing technology that can produce entire objects at once without layers, using computed axial... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-now-the-time-for-volumetric-3d-printing--fdfmtwdbj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fdfMtWdBj.png og:image:alt: Is Now The Time For Volumetric 3D Printing? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Is Now The Time For Volumetric 3D Printing? **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Volumetric additive manufacturing (VAM) is an emerging 3D printing technology that can produce entire objects at once without layers, using computed axial lithography (CAL) — essentially reverse CT-scan tomography applied to photosensitive resin. The OpenCAL project, started by UC Berkeley, is now releasing a V2 hardware design alongside a new standalone software tool called Tomo for easier operation, and is working with Formlabs to produce affordable specialized resin. While challenges remain (removing partially cured resin, detecting print completion), the technology has moved from lab-only to hobbyist-accessible, printing in minutes rather than hours. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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