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As stated earlier, the 3D printing process was first demonstrated and documented by Kodama of MIT where he developed a method for fabrication of 3D models out of plastics through photo‐hardening of photopolymers cured by ultraviolet (UV) light (Kodama 1981). Later in 1984, three researchers named Mehute, Witte, and Andre filed a patent on the STL process which was unsuccessful with the lack of business potential (Sokolov et al. 2018). After that, the STL technology was commercialized by 3D systems corporations which resulted in a viable manufacturing process for 3D printing. Meanwhile, the other 3D printing FDM technology has become popular as it paved for the production of consumer‐oriented 3D printed products (Sanchez Ramirez et al. 2019). This technology involved extruding hot‐melted plastics through the nozzle die thereby resulting in the deposition of layers to form 3D objects. These printers were quite large as like ‘1970s 5 MB hard disk’ which were then gradually reduced in size with advancements in 3D printing technology.