Ukuphrinta kwe-3D (3DP) kuwuhlobo lobuchwepheshe be-prototyping obusheshayo, obubizwa nangokuthi ukukhiqiza okungeziwe. Kuyifayela eliyimodeli yedijithali elisekelwe, kusetshenziswa insimbi eyimpuphu noma ipulasitiki nezinye izinto zokunamathisela, ngokuphrinta ungqimba nongqimba ukuze kwakhiwe.
Ngokuthuthuka okuqhubekayo kokuthuthukiswa kwezimboni, izinqubo zokukhiqiza zendabuko azikwazanga ukuhlangabezana nokucutshungulwa kwezingxenye zesimanje zezimboni, ikakhulukazi ezinye izakhiwo ezimise okukhethekile, okunzima ukuzikhiqiza noma okungenakwenzeka ukuzikhiqiza ngezinqubo zendabuko. Ubuchwepheshe bokuphrinta be-3D benza konke kwenzeke.