The Definitive Guide to Designing for Additive Manufacturing Advanced Manufacturing
Table Of Content Products and services Minimum feature size Best design software for additive manufacturing Are You New to 3D Printing? Manufacturing Time From a product perspective, 3D printing removes many of the mainstream manufacturing limitations. Through DfAM, designers are no longer limited by the geometry or process; this allows the part or product design to be more complex, while also providing the opportunity to combine several parts into one. According to Roemer, without the setup costs of creating a new product, entrepreneurs can quickly additively manufacture objects or parts to see if they work as needed. If they don’t, they can iterate and try again, all using an additive manufacturing machine, until they find a product that does. They may not even need their own machine to do this — companies like UPS have set up 3-D printing machines at various locations that can be used by anyone. Products and services With additive, you have the capability to design custom fi...