From the course: Design for Additive Manufacturing: FDM
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Designing assemblies - Fusion 360 Tutorial
From the course: Design for Additive Manufacturing: FDM
Designing assemblies
- [Instructor] Let's talk about some of the ways to handle projects that contain more than one part. An assembly is a collection of 3D parts that are put together to form a whole. There are several assembly strategies that are well suited to 3D printing. We've already explored why you might want to cut up a design in order to save on support material. But sometimes you need to cut up a design to fit it into your 3D printer to begin with. For this scan of a cow, I took care to cut it up in a way that it also reduced support material. When you're breaking up a project, you might consider adding placement or locating pins to help you assemble your project accurately. Here's one way. These parts have protrusions on one service and hollows on the opposite side to help with assembly. Or you might add holes to both sides of your part and use wooden dowel, brass rod, or 3D printed snap pins to align your parts. Another option is tongue and groove. Permanently mated parts often require…
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