> Is a 3D printer closer to a drawing machine or a conventional printer? I believe so. The ancient Greeks would scale up a sculpture using a cage placed around

> Is a 3D printer closer to a drawing machine or a conventional printer? I believe so. The ancient Greeks would scale up a sculpture using a cage placed around it. XYZ coordinates would br drawn from this using measuring sticks. This is, effectively, an analog version of our 3D printers and also an. Extra dimentional version of a drawing machine.