Learning 3D Printing
1h 18mBeginner2021-07-07
Authors
Kacie Hultgren
Multidisciplinary Designer
Course details
When it comes to bringing your ideas into reality, few technologies are as gratifying as 3D printing. This course draws a roadmap for getting started with 3D printing (a.k.a. additive manufacturing), from choosing a printer to learning about 3D modeling. After surveying a variety of commercial 3D printing technologies (laser sintering, jetting, and more), instructor Kacie Hultgren walks you through a variety of 3D design tools, including 3D modeling and 3D scanning, and shows how to create ready-to-print designs. This is a great course for both 3D printing novices as well as designers with existing modeling skills that want to enter the 3D printing industry.
Skills covered
3D PrintingFusion 360AutodeskProduct and ManufacturingLearning
Concepts
Introduction
- Explore the world of 3D printing
Discovering 3D Printing
- What is 3D printing
- How 3D printing works
- What you can make with 3D printing
- The history of 3D printing
Introducing 3D Printing Technology
- 3D printing options
- Introducing fused deposition modeling
- Looking at stereolithography
- Laser sintering
- Jet technologies
- Full-color prints
- Metal printing
- Bio and biocompatible 3D printing
Design Basics for 3D Printing
- Mesh and manifold design
- Keeping track of units
- Designing for reality
Understanding 3D Software
- Types of software
- Creating a design with solid modeling
- Surface and mesh modeling
- 3D sculpting
- Computational design
- 3D scanning
- Mesh repair
- Introducing file repositories
Conclusion
- Next steps