Additive Manufacturing: Optimizing 3D Prints

Additive Manufacturing: Optimizing 3D Prints

1h 42mBeginner2023-12-14

Authors

Rich Cameron

Rich Cameron

Cofounder of Nonscriptum LLC

Joan Horvath

Joan Horvath

Cofounder of Nonscriptum LLC

Course details

3D printing is a complex additive manufacturing process. And while all kinds of things can go wrong, with the right knowledge, design, and materials, you can get amazing, high-quality prints, delivering the same results with ease every time.

Join instructors Rich Cameron and Joan Horvath—the founders of Nonscriptum, a 3D printing and maker tech education company—as they show you how to get the best quality 3D prints using popular software programs for filament-based printing, such as PrusaSlicer and UltiMaker Cura, and web-based host programs like OctoPrint and Klipper. Discover slicer settings that have the biggest impact on print quality including layer height, infill, and surface feature settings. Learn how to print more reliably and efficiently by dialing in your bed adhesion, retraction and extrusion settings. Along the way, Rich and Joan help you take your skills to the next level.

Skills covered

CuraUltimakerMatterControl3D PrintingProduct and ManufacturingOpen SourceDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

Introduction

  • Getting the most out of your 3D printer
  • Who this course is for

3D Printer Settings

  • The 3D printing process
  • Parts of a 3D printer
  • Printer calibration

Slicer and Host Programs

  • Slicers and hosts
  • PrusaSlicer
  • UltiMaker Cura
  • Web interfaces for 3D printers
  • OctoPrint

Slicer Settings (Print Quality)

  • Intro to slicer settings
  • Perimeters and infill
  • Printing hollow and solid
  • Layers and surface finish
  • Surface texturing

Slicer Settings (Making a Print Stick)

  • Platform adhesion - Skirt and brim
  • Platform adhesion - Rafts, first layer
  • Support - Basics
  • Advanced support - Ultimaker Cura
  • Advanced support - PrusaSlicer

Slicer Settings (Issues with Extruding Hot Plastic)

  • Speeds, temperature, and cooling
  • Retraction settings - Basics
  • Retraction settings - Advanced techniques
  • Extrusion flow settings - Basics
  • Extrusion flow settings - In-depth
  • Multimaterial printing
  • Start and end G-codes

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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