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Learn 3D Print Modeling Tools and How to Use Coding for 3D Print Design

Alena Berezina of SelfCAD, Dr. Laura Taalman (aka mathgrrl), and Will Co of CoKreaate.

 

Learn tactical design skills from three 3D print design experts, a designer, a mathematician, and a business owner, in Advanced Design for 3D Printing on June 18.

In the first session of our live online event, you’ll hear from Alena Berezina, chief designer of SelfCAD, a fully-featured browser-based 3D modeling and slicing software. During this session, the audience will be able to choose a model they want to see designed and Alena will show you how to create it from scratch with basic shapes, 3D sketching, FreeHand drawing, shape generator, and other features of SelfCAD. You will learn how to create and modify advanced designs for 3D printing quickly and effortlessly.

Here are some potential objects that you could choose from:

 

By popular demand, we’ve invited Dr. Laura Taalman (aka mathgrrl) back to speak in our second lives session of our Advanced course. Dr. Taalman, a professor of Mathematics at James Madison University, will speak about how to use coding language and generative design for 3D printing. She’ll also show you the latest tools and how they are impacting the future of design.

By the end the week-long workshop, you’ll create your design and be able to submit it into our design contest. The winning design will be selected by a few judges from our team and our partners at CoKreate — and then printed and shipped by CoKreaate. At the end of the live session on June 18, we’ll have Will Co, co-founder of CoKreaate on camera to answer any burning questions you may have about the contest. We’ll be asking him some questions about the materials he’ll print the winning design with and his experience running a 3D printer business.

>> Register now for Advanced Design for 3D Printing

Need some fundamentals before you take this Advanced classed? Join our Beginners class on June 11.

Following our Advanced class, you’ll get to apply your design skills in our Essentials of 3D Printing with Metal. Join us on June 25 for this interactive one-week course.

Bundle the courses for discounts and completely immerse yourself into the 3D print world. Take one, two, or all three courses and get applicable 3D printing skills for your upcoming ventures.

Thank you to our Beginner Design for 3D Printing and Advanced Design for 3D Printing sponsor, SelfCAD, for the support.

 

 

*The winning design may have to be modified based on the expertise of the designers at CoKreeate. The designers will work with the winner to perfect the design under CoKreeate’s guidelines. General sizing guidelines: Sandstone: 7x7x7 inches, FDM: 8x10x8 inches, and Resin: 7x7x7 inches.

 

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Interview with Gina Scala of Stratasys on 3D Printing in Education

Gina Scala is in charge of marketing Stratasys’ education efforts. She also is in charge of marketing the company’s entry-level F123 series 3D printers.The education market is huge for 3D printing. Far from formalized education and 3D Printing is a wide open subject. In our podcast we discussed it at length. Will it have an impact on education? On what level? Will it only be available to high school students? Kindergartners? Will it be the path through which 3D printing gains in broader adoption or a fad? We spoke to Gina to find out what she thinks and what Stratasys is doing on education.

What’s happening in 3D printing education? 

Where we are seeing growth is in design schools, art schools, and in medical. A lot more areas are now taking an interest in 3D printing. They are integrating technology into curriculums and into their offerings. At the University level, people are looking at planning 3D printing more.

At some universities, they now have so many 3D printers that they use online maps to find all of the printers on campus. For the past years, there was organic growth all across the campus. Now we’re seeing universities looking more at growing intentionally. They’re looking at their needs and requirements more and are then deploying printers across campus or in labs.

We’re also seeing more and more graduate programs in 3D printing emerge as well. 

For a university should I put a 3D printer on every desk, use a cluster or a lab with a bunch of different technologies in it? 

it depends on your needs. Rapid Prototyping labs tend to have higher rates of technicians, so, for now, they have the highest productivity. Deployed printers that are used for a very specific thing do well also.

For a university that is just getting started the most important thing to do is to not have just one champion. You really will need two to three. I also wouldn’t recommend getting 40 small printers. Instead get one printer that gives you reliability and control, like the F120. You know it’s going to run and its simple to use. When you reach 70% productivity on that printer then get the next one. 

For what levels of education is 3D Printing suited?

The first 25 F120’s went to high schools. Here they’re used as shared resources. They can let people focus on the learning and logistics of 3D printing without having to fiddle with the printer.  Ease of use, plug, and play. Load your part and go. As time goes on the technology will get used more useful at lower grades.

Is lack of CAD ability holding 3D printing back?

Design for Additive Manufacturing is prerquisite to using these tools for advanced uses. This does mean that for some applications there is a barrier point. The knowledge and skills are technology are getting easier to use all the time. At some CAD packages have gotten simpler through things such as giving you primitives to use. 

an F120 and a F370

What are some new things that you’re seeing? 

Microfluidics is something that we’re seeing emerging applications in. We now have Advanced FDM in GrabCAD Print. This lets you change advanced settings such as infill/texture in Print without you having to go back to CAD. In jigs in fixtures for example on the manufacturing line, a worker could easily fix a fixture in the file in GabCAD.

We’re doing a lot of material innovation on the F123 series with things like TPU and a lot more will be coming to that platform. It is the most deployed 3D printer that Stratasys has ever had. They are more plug and print machines that make it easy and efficient for you to work with them. With a steel frame, linear rails kevlar belts and things like controlled airflow across the chamber, pound for pound they’re superior to the competition. 

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Take Our Summer 3D Printing Design Courses and Enter Our Design Contest!

 

Our summer courses are just a couple of months away and we are excited that attendees of our Advanced Design for 3D Printing crash course get to have their design entered into our design contest!

At the end of the one-week course starting June 11, the team at 3Dprint.com will vote on the best design, and the winning design will be printed by CoKreeate, a 3D Printing & Scanning services company. *

*The winning design may have to be modified based on the expertise of the designers at CoKreeate. The designers will work with the winner to make the design perfect under CoKreeate’s guidelines. General sizing guidelines: Sandstone: 7x7x7 inches, FDM: 8x10x8 inches, and Resin: 7x7x7 inches.

In the Advanced course, you’ll level up your skills and learn how to navigate the nuances of design software and tools in this crash course from 3DPrint.com. You’ll learn about animated assemblies, parametric design, and more, making you a more confident 3D print designer, and allowing your ideas to take shape with precision and detail. The best part? Create your own bold design in just one week with one-on-one support from a coach.

>> Register by May 1 for discounts for Advanced Design for 3D Printing

Need to learn the fundamentals first? Join us at our Beginner Design for 3D Printing online crash course the week before. In fact,  you can bundle the courses for discounts and completely immerse yourself into the 3D print world. Take one, two, or all three courses and get applicable 3D printing skills for your upcoming ventures.

Thank you to our Beginner Design for 3D Printing and Advanced Design for 3D Printing sponsor, SelfCAD, for the support.

 

 

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Beginner Design for 3D Printing Starts Tomorrow Kicking Off Our Month of Crash Courses

Our roster of March crash courses will set in motion tomorrow, March 5, starting with our first spring course, Beginner Design for 3D Printing! There’s still time to sign up for the one-week online class, which mixes two live guest speaker sessions with online discussions and personalized help from an industry expert.

In the live webcast session and workshop, you’ll learn the essentials of 3D modeling programs (CAD) and the design rules for 3D printing from design experts. This foundational course will cover the complete design process, from conception through final prototype. You’ll hear from speakers Jordan Pelovitz, Senior 3D Artist at Wayfair, and Jason Slingerland, QA Engineer at OnShape.

 

 

 

Speakers Jordan Pelovitz, Jason Singerland

The course will focus on learning design and printing principles, and learning how to apply them to cutting-edge tools. You’ll get accompanying guided assignments to help you create a unique design in just a few days.

This first beginner course is part of the cumulative crash course series that launches tomorrow. Bundling these courses not only gives you a unique learning experience and enriches your 3D printing knowledge but also saves you money. Here are the other courses to check out:

  • Advanced Design for 3D Printing – March 12, 2019
    • Session 1: 3Developing Real Modeling Skills
      • Speaker: SelfCAD
    • Session 2: Coding/Generative Design
      • mathgrrl/Dr. Laura Taalman, Mathematician and 3D Designer
  • Essentials of 3D Printing with Metal – March 19, 2019
    • Session 1: Introduction to Metal Additive Manufacturing
      • Speaker: Melanie Lang, Co-founder and Managing Director, Formalloy
    • Session 2: Design and Materials Considerations
      • Speaker: Frank Medina Ph.D., Consulting Technical Director, EWI: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UTEP

Thank you to our Beginner Design for 3D Printing and Advanced Design for 3D Printing sponsor, SelfCAD, for the support.

 

 

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New Speakers Added to Our Crash Courses – Last Day for Early Bird Rate for Metals Class

Make sure to check out the speaker roster for our March classes. We continue to build our programs with industry leaders in 3D printing. Our newest speaker for our Beginner Design for 3D Printing course starting March 5, Jason Slingerland, is a quality assurance engineer at Onshape, where he verifies stability and usability of Onshape products and tests sheet metal tools and standard content.

Onshape, which was recently named one of the “50 Start-Ups May Be the Next ‘Unicorns’” by The New York Times, unites modeling tools and design data management in a secure cloud workspace. In Jason’s article on the Onshape blog, “Why I Chose an Engineering Career,” Jason says after experiencing many obstacles and technology limitations in previous roles, his goal at his job is to change the negative connotation around the word CAD for engineers. We’re excited to learn more about Jason’s experience in his session, “How to Prep Your Models for Printing.”

Speaker Jason Slingerland, QA Engineer at Onshape

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More on our March Crash Courses

One-week Online Events + Workshops:

  • Beginner Design for 3D Printing – March 5, 2019
    • Session 1: Beginning Design Principles
      • Speaker: Jordan Pelovitz, Senior 3D Artist, Wayfair
    • Session 2: How to Prep Your Models for Printing
      • Speaker: Jason Slingerland, Quality Engineer, Onshape
  • Advanced Design for 3D Printing – March 12, 2019
    • Session 1: 3Developing Real Modeling Skills
      • Speaker: SelfCAD
    • Session 2: Coding/Generative Design
      • mathgrrl/Dr. Laura Taalman, Mathematician and 3D Designer
  • Essentials of 3D Printing with Metal – March 19, 2019 – Last day to register with the early bird rate!
    • Session 1: Introduction to Metal Additive Manufacturing
      • Speaker: Melanie Lang, Co-founder and Managing Director, Formalloy
    • Session 2: Design and Materials Considerations
      • Speaker: Frank Medina Ph.D., Consulting Technical Director, EWI: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UTEP

Guest Speaker Sessions:

  • 90 minutes of key principles, case studies, and lessons, presented in two livestream sessions with Q&A.
  • All live sessions will be recorded and posted in the online classroom for on-demand access.

Online Workshop:

  • An assignment to apply what you learn, shared in a small group workshop with feedback from an industry expert.
  • All live content will be recorded and posted in the online classroom for on-demand access.

Bundle the courses and save.

Thank you to our Beginner Design for 3D Printing and Advanced Design for 3D Printing sponsor, SelfCAD, for the support.

 

 

 

 

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Learn 3D Printing Design Principles from Wayfair’s Senior 3D Designer, Jordan Pelovitz

Join our Beginner Design for 3D Printing crash course on March 5 to learn from Senior 3D Designer of Wayfair, Jordan Pelovitz. At Wayfair, an e-commerce home goods company, Jordan leads a team that creates home furnishing models using Autodesk’s 3DS Max. Wayfair uses 3D modeling in place of traditional photography for generating 2D images for its catalog of products featured on the popular website.

Speaker Jordan Pelovitz

The company has become so good at creating these 3D models, it even launched Wayfair 3D University, the industry’s first comprehensive curriculum of 3D-modeling standards tailored for home furnishings suppliers and manufacturers.

In addition to this work at Wayfair, for the past five years, Jordan has taught CAD and 3D printing at a makerspace called HATCH, an initiative of the Watertown Free Public Library in the Boston area. With his free time, he develops curriculum and webinars for 3D printer companies and works as a freelance product designer, where he often uses his 3D printing skills to create client projects. His projects run the gamut from automotive, lighting, and even a 3D printed skull implant design.

Caption: From “Designing a Skull Implant with Game Art Tools” by Jordan Pelovitz on his personal blog.

We are excited to hear Jordan’s expert insight on 3D print designing and modeling in the first session of our Beginner Design for 3D Printing crash course. In Jordan’s kickoff session, you’ll learn to think like a designer and get an in-depth overview of ways to approach designing basic shapes for 3D printing. Additionally, you’ll also see a demonstration of Tinkercad, an easy-to-use 3D modeling program that allows you to turn your idea into a design for a 3D printer. In the second session of this course, you’ll learn 3D printer preparation programs and how to use them. You’ll hear case studies of difficult to plate models and discuss different orientations for different results.

Beginner Design for 3D Printing is the first of a series of four crash courses we are leading in the month of March. Our cumulative crash course series includes:

Bundle the courses for discounts and have an entire month immersed in the 3D print world. Take one, two, three, or all four courses and get applicable 3D printing skills for your upcoming ventures.

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10 Ways 3D Printing Played a Part in Education in 2018

3D printing is often used in education these days, whether it’s being taught as a subject or used to enhance another one. As we’re moving ever closer to the start of a new year, we decided to save you some time and gather the ten best education stories from 2018 in one article.

Siemens STEM DAY

The Siemens Foundation focuses on philanthropic efforts in order to continue the advancement of STEM-related education and workforce development, and has invested millions of dollars for this cause in the US. In early 2018, the Siemens Foundation worked with Discovery Education to re-brand its annual Siemens Science Day into a program for more modern educational opportunities: Siemens STEM Day, which is an opportunity for US schools to promote STEM activities for both students and teachers. The program, which doesn’t actually happen on one specific day but is a promotion of STEM lessons and hands-on activities, is meant to be used by students in grades K-12, and offers multiple tools and resources to help reboot STEM curriculum.

New 3D Printing Educational Initiatives

[Image: 3D PARS]

In February, we provided a round-up of some of the many educational initiatives that were looking to provide adults with a deeper understanding of 3D printing. Included in this round-up was a new online course for professionals by MIT, new 3D printing courses from the Sharebot Academy program, and a joint two-day training course in additive manufacturing from German consulting firm Ampower and full service prototyping and 3D printing provider H & H. Additional educational initiatives shared in the round-up were 3DPrint.com’s own Additive Manufacturing with Metals Course.

learnbylayers Partnered with Kodak

In 2017, educator Philip Cotton launched an online 3D printing resource for teachers called learnbylayers that offers lesson plans, project ideas, assessments and more that were designed by teachers for teachers. The site grew quickly, and in February Cotton announced that it had reached a distribution agreement with Kodak. The learnbylayers educational curriculum was added to the Kodak 3D Printing Ecosystem, as the company began offering the internationally-taught curriculum along with its Portrait 3D printer’s launch.

Renishaw Deepened Its Commitment to 3D Printing Education

This spring, Renishaw announced that it would be deepening its commitment to 3D printing education. The company established a new Fabrication Development Centre (FDC) at its Miskin facility in South Wales, with the goal of inspiring young people to pursue STEM careers. The FDC has two classrooms, staffed by qualified teachers and Renishaw’s STEM ambassadors, that can be used for free by schools or groups of young people for lessons or workshops. The FDC was actually in use by Radyr Comprehensive School students long before it was officially launched by Andy Green, a driver for Bloodhound SSC, a 3D printing user and Renishaw partner which also devotes many resources to education about the technology.

Ultimaker Launched New 3D Printing Core Lessons for STEAM Education

Lesson 1: Coin Traps

In April, Ultimaker launched its new Ultimaker Core Lessons: STEAM Set for educators. Eight free lessons, published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, are included in the set, which can help teachers in informal, K12, or Higher Ed classrooms incorporate 3D printing into their educational practices and STEAM curriculum. Some of the beginner lessons include 3D printing a coin trap, flashlight, and penny whistle, and can teach young students important skills like how to align objects, using symbols to communicate ideas, and how to effectively work together on creative projects.

PrintLab Teamed Up with CREATE Education Team

UK-based global 3D printing distributor and curriculum provider PrintLab partnered with UK 3D printing company CREATE Education, a collaborative platform that provides educators with free resources and support, in order to support schools all across the UK with 3D printing. Each company’s educational 3D printing offerings will be combined in this partnership so that UK schools can enjoy unlimited access to full 3D printing solutions for the classroom, which will be locally supported for life by CREATE. Multiple initiatives came out of this partnership to support teachers, like  3D printer loan schemes, funding advice and resources, special training and curriculum workshops, and new educational 3D printing bundles.

3Doodler Introduced New Educational Kits

3Doodler has long supported education, and often releases new STEM-centered educational packages, including its latest classroom product line: the 3Doodler Create+ EDU Learning Pack and 3Doodler Start EDU Learning Pack. Each pack, designed for and with teachers, was designed specially for classrooms from kindergarten to 12th grade and includes 6 or 12 3Doodler pens (Create or Start, depending on the package) and 600 or 1,200 strands of plastic, as well as other tech accessories, lesson plans, and classroom materials. Additionally, the company released its 3Doodler Create+ EDU Teacher Experience Kit and 3Doodler EDU Start Teacher Experience Kit, which are designed to be trial packs for teachers who are thinking about introducing the 3Doodler into their classrooms.

Robo Acquired MyStemKits

3D printer manufacturer Robo announced this summer that it had acquired Atlanta company MyStemKits, which provides the largest online library of STEM curriculum in the world. Thanks to this acquisition, Robo is now offering educational bundles that include its classroom-friendly 3D printers, a supply of filament, one-year subscriptions to MyStemKits, and additional professional development and online learning.

GE Additive’s Education Program Provided Five Universities with Metal 3D Printers

GE’s Additive Education Program (AEP) – a five-year, $10 million, two-part initiative to provide 3D printers to as many schools as possible – chose five universities this summer to receive an Mlab 200R from the program. 500 proposals were submitted for this round of the program, and GE Additive chose German’s Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ireland’s University of Limerick, the Calhoun Community College in Alabama, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and West Virginia University as the lucky winners.

3D Printing In Fashion Education

In a recently published paper, titled “Integration of 3 Dimensional Modeling and Printing into Fashion Design Curriculum: Opportunities and Challenges,” Nicole Eckerson and Li Zhao from the University of Missouri discussed whether 3D printing should be integrated into fashion design curriculum. The researchers noted that while 3D printing has been recognized as a major influence in the work of designers and engineers, educators in the fashion industry are facing a lack of time, resources, and knowledge to teach the technology to students. The two conducted semi-structured interviews with eight 3D printing industry  experts and academic professionals for their research, and came up with three distinct themes from their data about why 3D printing should be adopted, and taught, in fashion.

Discuss this and other 3D printing topics at 3DPrintBoard.com or share your thoughts below.

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3D Print Crash Courses Online Trainings in March

We have an exciting March planned with cumulative online trainings — giving you the tools and knowledge to build your 3D printing skills exponentially each week.

We’ll kick things off on March 5 with our Beginner Design for 3D Printing online one-week workshop. The course will give you the fundamentals of 3D modeling programs (CAD) and the design rules for 3D printing from design experts. This foundational course will cover the complete design process, from conception through final prototype.

The interactive crash course works like this:

There will be two guest speaker livestream sessions presented over 90 minutes. Each lesson will provide key principles and case studies, followed by an interactive Q&A. All live sessions will be recorded and posted in the online classroom for on-demand access.

Additionally, there is an online workshop component. In the workshop, you get an assignment to apply what you learn, which you share in a small group workshop and get feedback from an industry expert. The best part? Learning from industry experts and connecting with peers from wherever you are.

Following our Beginner class, we will have three cumulative workshops where you’ll be able to build on 3D print knowledge and skills and learn how to apply them to more advanced concepts. These courses, which follow the same format as the beginner class, are:

Bundle the courses for discounts and have a month immersed in the 3D print world. Take one, two, three, or all four courses — giving you applicable 3D printing skills for your upcoming ventures.

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3D Printing with Polymers: Call for Speakers

3D Printing with Polymers, our interactive online course, runs from October 16 to 30. We’re in the process of setting a premiere lineup for the course, where over three weeks, you’ll learn the key principles of 3D printing with polymers, the most widely used material in the 3D printing industry.

Know a great speaker? Have an exciting session idea to share? Send speaker submissions to 3dprint@edmaker.co. Include a potential topic, session details and relevant social handles.

This course will cover the process of 3D printing with polymers from design through execution, highlighting key concepts and modeling techniques. It will cover the various available polymers (including thermoplastics, elastomers, thermosets, functional polymers, polymer blends and more), the benefits and uses of each, including cost and accessibility.

Sign up now through September 7 for an early bird discount ($149 – a 35 percent discount).

What are you waiting for? Send your speaker and session ideas and sign up today.

3D Printing with Polymers launches October 16

Sign up: 3D Printing with Polymers

 

 

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Sign Up for Trends & Innovations in Dentistry with an Early Bird Special

Want to learn how 3D printing is changing the dental industry as we know it?

Our three-day showcase, Trends & Innovations in Dentistry and 3D Printing for Dental Materials, runs from September 25 to September 27. In the interactive online course, you’ll join leaders in the dental industry who will share the latest innovations and trends in digital dentistry. In addition to the live sessions and Q&A, you’ll have access to ongoing discussions through the online classroom.

Trends & Innovations in Dentistry and 3D Printing kicks off September 25

The showcase is one of three educational programs kicking off this fall, including 3D Printing in Metal, where you’ll learn the process of 3D printing in metal fromdesign through execution, and 3D Printing with Polymers, where over three weeks, you’ll learn the key principles of 3D printing with the most widely used material in the industry.

3D Printing in Metal and 3D Printing with Polymers launch September 18 and October 16, respectively

What are you waiting for? We’re offering a special early bird rate for the conference. When you register now ($149 – a 35 percent discount), you’ll get immediate access to bonus materials from past courses so you can start learning about innovation in digital dentistry today! Act soon; the early bird discount is only valid through August 17.

We’ll announce our first speakers soon. Stay tuned!

Sign up: Trends & Innovations in Dentistry and 3D Printing for Dental Materials