Functional Design for 3D Printing 3rd Edition is your guide to the intersection of design, 3d printing, and utility. Th
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Table of contents :
Introduction:
Note to professional users
Chapter I: The Medium
Designing for usability
The Palette: Materials for FFM manufacturing
The Canvas: Unique characteristics of FFM structures
Anisotropy
Slices of structure
The print nozzle… why it can matter in design
Shell and Infill specifications
Common infill geometries
Rectilinear:
Line:
Cubic:
Honeycomb:
Triangular:
Permeability
Chapter II: Designing for the FFM Process
Printer limitations
Unsupported structures
Print orientation and design refactoring
Model 1:
Model 2:
Model 3:
Model 4:
Bed adhesion
Overhanging structures
Bridging
Support Structures
Managing automatically generated support
Chapter III: Design For Strength
A brief primer in basic mechanical design
Force vs. stress
Types of stress
Tension:
Compression:
Shear:
Bending:
Torsion:
Stress localization
Corners, intersections, bosses, and ribs
Layer fusion
Cross-sectional characteristics
Determining failure and working loads
Chapter IV: Design Paradigms
Chapter V: Designing for fit
Chapter VI: Fastening and joinery
Screws and bolts
Joinery
Chapter VII: Functional Elements and Engineered features
Hinges
Latching assemblies
Multi-material Printing
Building light
Layers and slices
Shells: Perimeters and solid layers
Appendix I: Materials for FFM printing
Appendix IIA: Printing electrical circuits using Fused Filament Manufacturing (FFM)
Appendix IIB: Anisotropy in FFM Printing
Appendix IIC: Infill and strength
Appendix III: Fastener tables
Glossary:
About the author:
Note For book pirates (and for Kopimists)
Readers Notes