Abstract:The Additive Manufacturing(3D Print) was widely studied and used in recent years, but there wasn"t a systematic, distinct and accurate classification about the Additive Manufacturing. The Additive Manufacturing was divided into 3 sorts and 13 sub sorts according to the category and state of the added materials and heat source of the manufacturing in this paper, as well as the principle, characteristics and trend of the each sorts of the Additive Manufacturing method were analyzed.