Aerospace manufacturing is in a state of perpetual evolution, driven by the dual imperatives of improving quality and production efficiency. While past decades have seen the advent of various technologies and techniques that collectively improve the capabilities of production, the recent rise of additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as a particularly revolutionary force. This is especially true for the vast array of fasteners that find use across aircraft and aerospace assemblies, with additive manufacturing now being common for the basic creation of flight-critical hardware.