Learning Objectives:
- Apply advanced modeling and design principles using OnShape.
- Understand strength and thermodynamics in 3D printing.
- Optimize designs for strength using advanced slicer settings.
- Introduce parametric design through OpenSCAD.
- Collaborate on projects requiring structural optimization and performance criteria.
Overview of the Course:
- Advanced Design and Strength Optimization:
- Students explore complex modeling, focusing on structural strength and understanding the thermodynamics affecting print quality.
- Advanced Slicer Techniques and Parametric Design:
- They learn to fine-tune prints using advanced slicer settings and are introduced to parametric design with OpenSCAD.
- Team Projects and Professional Presentation:
- Collaborative projects challenge students to design high-performance objects, culminating in presentations that demonstrate their application of advanced design principles.
Session 1: “Engineering Marvels: Drawing Inspiration”
Description:
Students explore advanced engineering designs and architectural feats to inspire their own projects, discussing how materials and structure contribute to strength and functionality.
Session 2: “Advanced Onshape Techniques”
Description:
Students learn advanced modeling in Onshape, including lofts, sweeps, and complex assemblies, and begin designing intricate models based on their ideas.
Session 3: “First Prints: Bringing Designs to Life”
Description:
Students prepare and print their advanced models, learning about slicing software and optimizing designs for 3D printing.
Session 4: “Analyzing Prints: Strength and Materials”
Description:
Students examine their prints, focusing on strength, weight, and how design choices and print settings affected the outcome.
Session 5: “Thermodynamics in 3D Printing”
Description:
Students learn how melting temperatures, cooling rates, and thermodynamics impact print quality and strength, discussing issues like warping and adhesion.
Session 6: “Designing for Strength: Optimization”
Description:
Students redesign models for enhanced strength and durability, exploring stress distribution, reinforcing geometries, and adjusting slicer settings.
Session 7: “Advanced Slicer Techniques”
Description:
Students delve into advanced slicer features, customizing supports, adjusting temperatures and speeds, using variable layer heights, and optimizing print orientation.
Session 8: “Introduction to OpenSCAD”
Description:
Students are introduced to OpenSCAD, learning how coding creates parametric models and experimenting with simple code to generate designs.
Session 9: “Team Project: High-Performance Object”
Description:
Teams design and print a functional object meeting specific strength and performance criteria, applying structural optimization and advanced slicer settings.
Session 10: “Project Showcase and Reflection”
Description:
Teams present their projects, discussing challenges, solutions, and lessons learned about strength, thermodynamics, and advanced design principles.