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Although fruitful results have been obtained, a significant gap exists in systematically investigating the impact of comprehensive parameters on this mass distribution. Therefore, the cross-section ratio \u03a6 (\u03a6 = So\/Su) of the filament is proposed as a measurement to evaluate the mass distribution at corners. Then, the impacts of printing process parameters, including the tool path radius R, nozzle aspect ratio \u03c6, and relative nozzle travel speed \u03b6, on the filament mass distribution are investigated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The flow mechanism is elaborated using CFD for cementitious material printing at corners. It was found that the material flow mechanism caused by the combined effects of the printing process parameters affects the filament mass distribution significantly. Some material spills out from the overfilled zone to the underfilled zone during the deposition process. Additionally, printing process windows were identified to ensure acceptable printing quality using a support vector machine (SVM). A new printing window is identified using transfer learning, which can save data resources compared to the SVM method. 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