WeekOneNews

Welcome to De Anza College and the 3D Printing / CAD Labs news letter.

Some of this weeks subjects and projects that are planed are listed below with a picture of the butterfly clip we demonstrated on our SLA printer.

Great Video of printing the personalized business cards for each student on the Object30 Pro Thursday.

    • Each student used SolidWorks to edit and customize their own business card to take home this weekend. More pictures below.
  1. Lists of 3D printed Projects we will be working on in class over the next few weeks.
  2. How to use the labs and access resources
    • Rules of the Road, what to do and what not to do in class.
      1. 3D Printing Rules and safety - For FDM/FFF machines
      2. Rules for Form 2 - SLS machine
    • In class discussion about best practices in the Labs, play it safe.
    • Making accounts on local computers
    • Form: Questions for course guidance; please fill out tonight at home.
      1. No Google account? Download the questions or print in class (FORM)
  1. What equipment we have
  2. What software we have accesses to in the labs
  3. What is 3D Printing, also know as Additive Manufacturing (AM)
    1. History of the technology 1 ,
    2. Layer Technology "Mass is expensive and complexity is free"
    3. What is AM good for and what is it not suited for.
    4. Mass customization not mass production.
    5. Glossary
  4. Types of 3D Printing Processes + A deep dive into the technologies