Additive manufacturing system and method of manufacture

An additive manufacturing method for a component, comprising:

• selecting a build interface in an electronic file for a one-piece previously designed additively manufactured component larger than an additive manufacturing build chamber, the build interface selected to avoid operational impact to the component;
• electronically segregating the electronic file representative of the component along the build interface to define at least a first electronic file representative of a first additively manufactured component segment and a second electronic file representative of a second additively manufactured component segment, the first electronic file and second electronic file segregated from the electronic file so that each of the first additively manufactured component segment and the second additively manufactured component segment are sized to fit simultaneously within an additive manufacturing build chamber, the first additively manufactured component segment different than the second additively manufactured component segment;
• simultaneously additive manufacturing the first component segment and the second component segment within the additive manufacturing build chamber based on the respective first electronic file and the second electronic file;
• and
• bonding the first component segment and the second component segment outside of the additive manufacturing build chamber to form the component.