Day 10 Friday 7/27/2018

Ultimaker Cura 3.0 quick start guide - Video

Part Orientation for Smooth & Functional Parts - DFAM

• X,Y,Z - Orientation
• 3DBenchy_Brochure 1 , 2 ,
• Overhangs & Angles
• Bridging
• Wall thickness
• Z delamination of layers & Build Direction, at bottom of this page
• Feature Strength
• DFAM - Design tips for FFF/FDM 3D printing and other considerations

How to Orient 3D Prints- Video

PVA for support - How to use this dissolvable support in Cura for complex parts

Infill patterns and Shells

• Types of infill structures
• % of infill
• What might be best to use depends on your structure - Video in Cura
• Time VS Strength of your parts?

Supports

• Water-Soluble, PVA
• dissolvable in sodium hydroxide or Limonene
• break away Video

Converting CAD to STL

Slicing software

• Cura
• What is g-code?
• g-code does it work

How to use Calipers to measure objects

• A great explanation from Make Magazine

Slicing Software

• Cura
• Stratasys Insight
• GrabCAD
• PreForm from Formlabs
• Markforged Eiger , 1
• Apex from Airwolf 3D
• Blender
• Simplify3D

Places to download models to print at home

• www.youmagine.com
• www.thingiverse.com
• GrabCAD
• Cults3d.com/en

Homework for weekend: please watch this recent released video

• How to Get Your Best Print, Every Time Webinar Recording ( starts at 3 minutes in)
• And other great videos if you want to go further: Getting started with Ultimaker

3DBenchy - the Tool to Calibrate and Test Your 3D Printer - PDF