From the course: Additive Manufacturing: Testing and Simulating 3D Prints

Simulating, testing, and validating 3D prints

From the course: Additive Manufacturing: Testing and Simulating 3D Prints

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Simulating, testing, and validating 3D prints

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- [Joan] A 3D print is born is a computer aided design file, or perhaps a scan. How well can we know how close the final part is to that design? How much variation will I get from part to part? - [Rich] How accurately can I simulate the strength of my part? What are the biggest uncertainties? How much simulation is cost-effective? How can I make my process as accurate and repeatable as possible? A single 3D print may replace a prior design with many parts. How will that change my testing and validating process? - [Joan] We're Joan Horvath and Rich Cameron, the co-founders of Nonscriptum LLC and authors of many books and courses about additive manufacturing. Join us as we investigate how people are approaching simulating, testing and validating their 3D prints and printing process. - [Rich] We'll see how manufacturers at the low cost end of the industry think about reliability, and how industrial scale printers try to minimize uncertainty. - [Joan] In this course, we may not give you all the answers, but we'll help you think about what questions you should be asking if you're going to start making parts with additive manufacturing. Let's get started.

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