The invention discloses a 
metal part additive manufacturing method based on contour features, which comprises the following steps: 1, establishing a 
metal part CAD (
Computer Aided Design) geometric model, and extracting an STL(
Standard Template Library) model; 2, determining the manufacturing direction of the 
metal part according to the contour features and the complexity of the metal part, and carrying out the 
route planning on the part additive manufacturing; 3, rotationally 
slicing the STL model by using a layered 
slicing software, and generating a control command by a computer according to the contour information; 4, sending panel 
veneer with set width and thickness by a panel 
veneer feeding mechanism under the control of the control command, and shearing; and 5, finishing the 
welding of 
layers under the actions of heat generated by resistance 
welding or friction stirring 
welding as well as rolling, and meanwhile removing contour burrs through compounding the same-
station milling, repeating the step 4 and the step 5, till finishing the forming of the whole part, and if not meeting the part precision requirement, adding the part finish 
machining step at last. Compared with the prior art, the manufacturing method has the advantages of less process, high forming quality, short manufacturing period, low cost and the like.