Week5

3D Scanning and Printing


Group Assignment Link [I'm the hero of this week's group work!]

  • Test the design rules for your printer(s)
  • Document your work and explain what are the limits of your printer(s) (in a group or individually)

  • Assignment

  • Design and 3D print an object (small, few cm3, limited by printer time) that could not be easily made subtractively
  • 3D scan an object, try to prepare it for printing (and optionally print it)

  • Learned from Group work
  • The 3D printer we used in the group project is a model called DP200(Link) made by Sindoh Company. Workspace 300mm X 300mm
  • OVERHANG : Overhang almost needs supporters.
  • ANGLE : The object's angle is output smoothly from 30 degrees or higher.
  • BRIGING : Bridging starts to lose more than 0.4mm between them.
  • DIMENTION : The error of Dimensions is about 0.1 (nearly none).
  • GAP :The gap between objects does not stick to each other from 0.5mm.
  • ANISOTROPY : Anisotropy is more horizontal and detailed than vertical.
  • SURFACE FINISH : The surface finish is sufficiently curved. Not as much as a design program.
  • INFILL : The infill takes a long time and is too much from more than 15%.(15% or less is adequate)

  • Advantages and Limits of 3D Printers
  • Create small 3D prototypes quickly and conveniently
  • You can make shapes that you can't make with CNC equipment(See below what I made)
  • The larger the size, the longer the output takes
  • Details smaller than 0.4mm cannot be implemented


  • With the help of the instructure Craig, each of us has chosen the output, the tools we use
    and the challenges we're going to have with the 3D printer
    I actually don't really like plastic, so I'm going to make a little button for the final project
    I will use Fusion360 to design my 3d file and my challenge is check the fit and practice modeling
    Before that, I will make a 2D drawing to calculate the exact size of my final project
    I'm going to make a button for my final project
    Click on this link to find out about the final project


    I practiced the kind Fusion360 of UI [Fusion360 YouTube Tutorial Link]
    This week I spent most of my time studying 3D modeling
    Draw a 2d scale, draw a baseline as a dotted line, and then Revolve my 2d sketch


    Inside is empty


    Exported it to the obj extension




    3Dworks creates support and saves as gcode
    Through group work, I found that the infil is strong enough 15~25 %
    And the supporter test showed that if there's space between an object and a bad,
    you're going to have to put a supporter


    It will take 5 hours (I forgot to set up infil)
    Fortunately, there are no workers waiting behind us
    In the meantime, I'm going to do a 3D scan


    I use 3d scansoftware Geomagic Design X 64
    And our 3D scanner is Capture made by 3Dsystems(Capture qualification link)
    How to Use Geomagic Design X link
    I scanned the table tennis racket
    I put the scan object on the disc, spin it around,
    and connect the points to the same spot, and you'll slowly get the details
    I did a total of three scans

    I wanted to upload my scan file,
    but it was so big that I wanted to upload it to sketchfab site, but it was still big
    How to Reduce Stl File using Mesh Lab Link
    I have reduced the size of the stl file by referring to the link above



    My first 3D printer work came out
    This is a button for my final project
    First, we'll boldly remove the supporter


    I removed the supporter
    Now it's time to sand this cute one


    Everyone said it was shaped like a mushroom,
    so I just used a 3D pan to make it into a mushroom
    I feel like I'm going to get bigger if I take a bite


    I designed a part that would hold cotton to deliver water to the final project humidifier and printed it out with a 3D printer
    Through studying, I reduced the output speed and got the desired result in about 20 minutes
    Result
    CNC can't cut internal cavity
    but if u use 3d printer u can make shapes with internal cavity

    File Button obj file
    Filter shield stl file