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Parametrization of the blade trajectory (red dashed curve, not to scale). The trajectory is for the bottom left (trailing) corner of the blade. The grey rectangle represents the blade. The cavity walls are shown in blue
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The leading edge bulge is a known defect in stereolithography with free-surface recoating. It is a resin excess that remains after deposition over a deep-to-shallow topographic transition, the leading edge of the cavity. In this paper, we explore an approach based on changing the gap between the recoating blade and the previously cured layer to min...