Methods of fabricating sand control screen assemblies using three-dimensional printing

A method, comprising:

• extending a facsimile sand control sand screen assembly on a work string into a wellbore, the facsimile sand control sand screen assembly including one or more component parts and having been fabricated by:
• determining an anatomy of the facsimile sand control screen assembly;
• generating a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of the facsimile sand control screen assembly based on the anatomy;
• providing the virtual 3D model of the facsimile sand control screen assembly to a 3D printer;
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• forming at least a portion of the facsimile sand control screen assembly with the 3D printer based on the virtual 3D model;
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• undertaking one or more wellbore operations while the facsimile sand control screen assembly is positioned in the wellbore.