Digital fabrication/manufacturing is a collective term used for any kind of process where the digital model is transformed into a physical piece with minimal hu

Digital fabrication/manufacturing is a collective term used for any kind of process where the digital model is transformed into a physical piece with minimal human intervention. Digital model -> (digital fabrication) -> fabricated object. Examples are CNC mills, lasercutting, waterjet, FDM/SLS/SLA 3d-printing, plasmacutter, CNC sheet bending machines, etc. The article uses the term to indicate that it belongs in this category of manufacturing technology. Not that it is any more digital than the rest of them.