Additive manufacturing (AM) has become a popular fabrication technique with continual increasing development for hobbyists, industrial applications, and ongoing research. With the development of metal-based AM processes, the quality of built parts in terms of dimensional accuracy and material properties must be investigated to better understand the effect of printer process parameters and how performance can be controlled for desired part characteristics. This paper summarizes the previous existing designs and documented key aspects and considerations for test artifacts upon which a new test artifact was designed for use on analyzing builds of two 3D metal printers. The artifact designed includes features for dimensional analysis as well as novel features for strength and other material properties. Initial prints of 316L stainless steel show geometric accuracies of-0.35 to 0.09 mm and-0.45 to 0.15 mm and reasonable values for surface roughness, hardness, and strength. Indications of anisotropy were found through strength and hardness testing, which will be further investigated moving forward to record the effect of process parameters on the properties.
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