The model must be described by one or more closed volumes. This process imposes many of the same restrictions as any other rapid prototyping process. The exported file is then loaded into Z Corporation’s Zprint software which drives the printer. To print a bonzai3d model, the model is exported as a ZPR file. This printing process is done one cross-section at a time until the full 3D model is printed.
Then, using inkjet printer technology, a binder is “printed” on the powder which solidifies the powder. ZPR is a file format that is used by 3D printers from Z Corporation (3D prints are made by spreading a thin layer of powder on the print bed.
