Design for 3D Printing
This guide provides a variety of resources for designing for additive manufacturing or 3d printing.
Books
Design Process
Manufacturing Methods
- The different types of 3D printing
- Additive Manufacturing Technologies (Image) Source: 3D Hubs
- Additive Manufacturing Technologies: An Overview
3D Models
- Thingiverse
- Instuctables
- Thingi10K: A Dataset of 10,000 3D-Printing Models, Website
- NASA 3D Printable Models - Repository of 3d printable models from NASA.
Design Guides
- The Complete Engineering Guide: 3D Printing by 3D Hubs - This is an outstanding primer on 3D printing.
- Key design considerations for 3D Printing
- i.materialise Design Guide
- Shapeways: Modeling & Design Tips 3D Printing Tutorials
- How to Design Snap Fit Components
- How to Choose the Best Fasteners for 3D Printed Parts
- Adding Screw Threads
- Formlabs Tutorials - Great design references for SLA printing.
- Enclosure design for 3D Printing: A step-by-step guide
- Ultimaker Design guidelines
Printing Process
- Ultimaker 3 Features Explained - Professional 3D printing made accessible - Start here to understand machine features and printing process.
- Premium Innovation: The Ultimaker 3 review! - A printer review / walkthrough video showcasing different aspects of the printing workflow. Features printing from a mobile device.
- Comparing FDM, SLS, and SLA 3D Printing
Materials
Troubleshooting
- Ultimaker 3 Support
- Simplify3D: Print Quality Troubleshooting Guide
- Repairing 3D Files With Meshmixer and Netfabb
- Ultimaker 3 (Matter Hackers)
Post Processing
- Ultimate Guide to Finishing 3D Printed Parts
- Post processing for FDM printed parts
- Post processing for SPA printed parts
- How to spray paint 3d models
- XTC-3D Epoxy
3D Printing Services
History
- The Official History of the Reprap Project - Everything you ever wanted to know about the beginning of open-source 3d printers.
- Reprap.org
- Reprap Family Tree