Over the course of the morning, the pupils created a two-component 3D model from scratch using Autodesk Fusion 360, learning and applying new CAD skills before breaking for lunch.Īfter lunch, the workshop continued with a focus on materials and decals then composition and rendering scenes in the cloud using custom HDR images, they produced some excellent work.
The main part of the day was led by Peter Gough who encouraged a very hands-on ‘do to learn’ approach. The day begins with a tour of the 65 printers currently in use at PrintCity, led by Technical Officer Gary Buller who explained current 3D printing technologies and materials. If you produce a good model, this will produce a good 3D printed model.
It simply meant that what appeared on the screen translated exactly to print. The pupils were taught that it’s exactly the same with 3D printing: the printing part of the process only follows extensive work and refinement in CAD software. The term WYSIWYG means ‘What You See Is What You Get’ and is synonymous with word processing, especially in its early days. The printer prints what you send to it but the vast majority of the actual work is done in a word processor. When you print a document on a normal paper printer, this is the end of work that was started much earlier. I hope this has fully answered the question "Why do you need it?".Įspecially with Fusion360 gearing more and more towards the additive manufacturing use cases I would really hope that simple features like PLA and PETG in the standard fusion360 library and maybe some more advanced features like suggested or directional strength parameters, would get integrated.Home » The PrintCity Blog » Hands-on with Autodesk Fusion 360 and 3D printing with Atherton Community School Hands-on with Autodesk Fusion 360 and 3D printing with Atherton Community SchoolĪs part of a university widening participation initiative, PrintCity welcomed pupils from Atherton Community School to spend a day learning about computer-aided-design and additive manufacturing. It is then up to the user to correctly interpret this information and account for deviations.
They merely provide the user some indication of potential outcomes. It is not the purpose of a simulation to perfectly represent real life situations since the conditions are far too complex to model. If you are asking why one would need to simulate PLA for 3D printing since the theoretical values will not match the real world results, I have only one question to ask back: Why do we simulate at all? No simulation I have ever heard of can be directly applied to the real world without taking non-ideal conditions into considerations. I agree with as an engineering student who works a lot with additive manufacturing I would love to see materials like PLA and PETG in the standard Fusion360 library.
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