Manifold mesh

A mesh whose local surface neighborhood is well-defined under a specific manifoldness test.

For a closed printable solid, common checks include edge incidence and connected shell behavior. A pass in one checker is not a complete guarantee of successful manufacturing; geometry, units, wall thickness, material, supports and slicer behavior also matter.

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