CNC Plasma cutting is used to cut shapes and contours through the full thickness of flat sheet or plate metal and through the wall thickness of sections such as pipes and structural beams. It is this output of a 2 dimensional profile or a profiled section that has earned Plasma Cutting it’s general categorisation as a “Profiling” process.
You can achieve a high degree of shape complexity with a sand casting as the mould can be made from multiple pieces to form undercuts, holes, bosses and protrusions.