Design and Additive Manufacturing

This course is an introduction to the new design methods associated with additive manufacturing techniques, enabling you to produce a part on a 3D (polymer) printer, from its design on the computer (CAD) in relation to the capabilities of the process, the optimization of its geometry (topological optimization), the preparation and launch of manufacturing, and the finishing stages after printing (completion).

• Know the different technologies/processes available (polymer and metal), their characteristic values, the materials available and typical application examples,
• Understand the constraints and limitations of these new processes, and their impact on design, 
• Master the various stages of the digital chain (from CAD model to manufactured part), 
• Design and model a part in CAD software for additive manufacturing; optimize its geometry using topological optimization software according to manufacturing constraints, 
• Prepare and launch production on an FDM or SLS (polymer) machine, 
• Finish parts after production,
• Measure and compare the mechanical properties of a mechanical part before and after topological optimization.

• CAD,
• Standard" manufacturing processes,
• Finite element methods and variational formulation
• Continuum mechanics,

Mechanical testing of materials