1. Rapid Manufacturing for Research
Andrey Shur

2. When you do research, you might need to build something.

3. When you do research, you might need to build something.

4. Cost of manufacturing Thor labs
3D printing hours $ Plastics cm^ mm

5. Design work flow White board (MAD) Choose manufacturing method
Test Prototype
Actual Design (CAD)
Manufacture

6. Computer Aided Design Software (CAD)
Complexity

8. Basic terminology in CAD
Reference plane
Body
Feature
Origin
Construction line
Sketch
Dimension
Constraint

9. Parametric design

10. Parametric design case study

12. Sketch tools Sketch constraints Most useful Also good Line/Curve
Offset
Vertical/ Horizontal
Parallel
Rectangle
Sketch mirror
Midpoint
Perpendicular
Circle
Sketch pattern
Concentric
Tangent
Trim
Coincident
Dimension
Equal
Project

13. Feature types Most useful Also good Honorable Mention Extrude Pattern
Offset Construction Plane
Hole
Circular Pattern
Midplane
Revolve
Fillet
Mirror
Shell
Chamfer

14. Component list
Feature list
View commands
Camera Control
Origin Reference Planes

15. There are a lot of free tutorials online
Their own help has a bunch of videos you can watch
This is a really cool video about how to make a box.
Another cool tutorial for a useful item
Lots of youtube videos and other online resources

16. Additive Manufacturing Techniques
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)
Stereolithography (SLA)
Resin printing
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
Powder printing
Metal printing
0.05mm layers

17. .STEP, proprietary formats
3d printing workflow
Export
Slice
Print
CAD
.STEP, proprietary formats
Mesh
.stl
.amf (metadata)
Gcode
.gcode .g
Features
Design history
Parametric
Ideal geometry
Can be edited easily
3D shape only
Approximated geometry
Made of triangles
Specific for your 3D printer

18. Design considerations for FDM
Print Orientation
Feature Size
Overhangs
Hot End
Cold End
Filament Feeder
Extruder

20. Laser Cutting

22. Questions?

23. Design work flow White board Choose manufacturing method
Test Prototype
Actual Design (CAD)
Manufacture