Intro to and Designing for

3D Printing

Alex Ruaux | alex@3dpwiz.com | @molecularcode | #3dprinting

What is 3D printing?
Additive process
Types of 3D printing
 3 main types:
Extrusion Deposition

Granular materials binding

Polymerization by light
 Extrusion Deposition:
FDM - Fused Deposition Modeling
FFF - Fused Filament Fabrication

Solid Materials:
themoplastics, rubbers, clay, silicone
 Granular Materials Binding:
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)

Powdered Materials:
metals, thermoplastics, ceramics
 Photopolymerization:
Digital Light Processing (DLP)
Stereolithography (SLA)

Liquid Materials:
photopolymer resins
Form 2 printer
How do I Print
Something?
digital file of the software program to ‘slice’ the model,
3D model (.stl) configure the print and talk to the printer
But Where Do I Get
The Models?
 model your own

traditional CAD (computer aided design)

parametric design (writing code)

2D logo openSCAD to MeshLab to position and
extrude vertically merge 2 .stl files
3D scanning
skanect.occipital.com
reconstruct from photos

Autodesk 123D Catch

 online
repository

www.thingiverse.com
gcode
;Sliced D:\Downloads\Button.stl at: Fri 16 Nov 2012 22:22:17
;Basic settings: Layer height: 0.2 Walls: 1 Fill: 70
;Print time: 0:12
;Filament used: 0.67m 5.75g
;Filament cost: Unknown
G21 ;metric values
G90 ;absolute positioning
M107 ;start with the fan off
G28 X0 Y0 ;move X/Y to min endstops
G28 Z0 ;move Z to min endstops
G92 X0 Y0 Z0 E0 ;reset software position to front/left/z=0.0
G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length
G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length again
;G1 X100 Y100 F9000
G1 F9000
;LAYER:0
;TYPE:SKIRT
G1 X74.484 Y100.0 Z0.2 F9000.0
G1 X75.028 Y105.148 Z0.2 F1200.0 E2.0789
G1 X76.424 Y109.749 E2.1522
G1 X78.784 Y114.171 E2.2286
 Montréal 3D Printing
Tuesday 27th October, 6.30pm

Maison Notman
51 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
and every month at varying locations

www.meetup.com/Impression-3D-Montreal-3D-Printing

Alex Ruaux | alex@3dpwiz.com | @3DPmtl | #3dprinting

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Considerations When
Designing for 3DP
Considerations When Designing for 3DP

Gravity - 45°
Considerations When Designing for 3DP

Print orientation
Considerations When Designing for 3DP

Support Material?
Considerations When Designing for 3DP

Objects must be closed

This is not really a concern with TinkerCAD,
because all the shapes you’re working with are
already closed i.e. all the faces are surfaces.
Expanding on
TinkerCAD
Importing and Modifying .stl Models
Importing and Modifying .stl Models
Extruding 2D Images into 3D Models
Extruding 2D Images into 3D Models
http://anthonygraglia.com/category/3d-printing/
 Tinkerer Time
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Questions?
Alex Ruaux | alex@3dpwiz.com | @molecularcode | #3dprinting

slides: http://www.slideshare.net/molecularcode/helios-3dp-intro-and-design-workshop