A method for using data driven shrinkage compensation to fabricate an object using an additive manufacturing process includes predicting one or more dimensional changes in one or more directional strands disposed between facets of one or more respective predetermined facet pairs as a result of the fabrication of an object using an additive manufacturing process based on a shape shrinkage model. The object is modeled from a file and includes one or more dimensions calculated from the one or more directional strands. The method further includes correcting coordinate data of at least one facet of the one or more predetermined facet pairs to compensate for the one or more predicted dimensional changes in the one or more directional strands.