Design for 3D-Printing

Over the past years, I have gotten deeper and deeper into 3d-printing. One thing that fascinates me a lot is how different it is from other manufacturing methods. And how this, in turn, means a completely different design philosophy is needed to create good designs for 3d-printing. As such, I have been collecting the little tricks and rules for designing well-printable parts. And of course I am always on the hunt for more. In this blog post I want to share all that I have learned. Introduction While a lot can be found online about the basics of design for 3d-printing, there is not that much material that dives into it in-depth. And even less common are good overviews that collect all the little tricks that people have discovered. I believe the best format for teaching the rules of well-printable design is a format that is built on rules of thumb and many practical examples. While such heuristic rules will never encompass the whole complexity of the real world, I think they can prov ... Read full article.