Datum structure for additively manufactured object removal from build platform

A method, comprising:

• additively manufacturing at least one additive manufacturing (AM) structure on an upper surface of a build platform, the upper surface being at least one of non-horizontal and non-planar, each AM structure including a removal plane extending therein defining an object thereabove;
• and
• while additively manufacturing the at least one AM structure, additively manufacturing at least one datum structure positioned relative to the build platform, each datum structure including a vertical reference plane for guiding a cutting element to remove the object from a remaining portion of the AM structure, wherein each vertical reference plane is horizontally coplanar with the removal plane of each AM structure.

An additively manufactured (AM) structure, comprising:

• a removal plane extending therein defining an object thereabove;
• and
• at least one datum structure coupled relative to the AM structure, the at least one datum structure including a vertical reference plane for guiding a cutting element to remove the object from a remaining portion of the AM structure through the removal plane, the vertical reference plane horizontally coplanar with the removal plane of the object.