A system/method for executing a program accessing a plurality of subroutines/libraries; invoking a first subroutine providing the program with axis data having offset values in accordance with a workpiece coordinate system; invoking a second subroutine providing the program with geometric data about a geometric of an additive manufacturing tool and setting a tool offset point of the tool at a distance above a substrate surface; receiving a workpiece identifier from an HMI; invoking a third subroutine providing the program with rapid plasma deposition part programming instructions and rapid plasma deposition features from one of the libraries based on the workpiece identifier; invoking a fourth subroutine verifying the instructions and the rapid plasma deposition features; and invoking a fifth subroutine enabling the program to request an additive manufacturing system to deposit a layer on the substrate surface by the additive manufacturing tool via the additive manufacturing process.