Additive Manufacturing (AM) is an umbrella term for a collection of several technologies. Most AM is simply 2D printing processes repeated in an iterative fashion to build up a 3-dimensional part. AM begins with a computer dissecting a 3-D digital model (also called CAD data) of the desired end product into thin wafers and then building these wafers using plastics or other materials layer by layer into the final part. Graphene's role in AM is increase the number benefits to the final product or improve on the performance of today's products as well as mitigating or reducing the negatives.