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Material type	Layer height (mm)	Number of shells	Infill (%)	Infill type	Build time for femur & liner implant	Build time for tibia tray	Support structure
PLA	0.20 mm	2	25%	Hexagonal	2 h 58 min	55 min	Added

Declarations

Author contributions

DR: Investigation, Writing—original draft. SNY: Supervision, Writing—review & editing. JPK: Methodology, Formal analysis. NP: Conceptualization. SRD: Validation.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Review Committee of the Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology (VNRVJIET) and Namasvi Hospitals Hyderabad (No. ECM VJ/P01). The study was carried out according to the ethical standards laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki of 1964.

Consent to participate

The informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

Consent to publication

Not applicable.

Availability of data and materials

Data from the present manuscript will be made available upon reasonable request, and the corresponding author will provide the data upon request.

Funding

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