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Generative design and lightweighting

Generative design and lightweighting

From the course: Additive Manufacturing: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

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Generative design and lightweighting

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- [Female Instructor] Software that can simulate how a part will respond to forces on it has been around for quite a while. Typically, these programs can also show how a part will deform under load. For well-characterized engineering materials, this is a pretty mature process. You figure out the stresses on your part, design it, and check if it will be strong and stiff enough. handing manufacturing adds some new wrinkles to this process. Traditional manufacturing methods may cost a lot more of the port has a lot of complicated holes. However, the 3D print cost is in its materials. Plus the amortized cost of the printer. To a point complexity doesn't really matter. This means that if it's important for a part to be lightweight, it's possible to design it to only have material exactly where the loads will be, rather than having straight spars or other simple shapes. This will save money on material and possibly on waste too.…

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