Furniture design and details

LECTURE 13: 3D PRINTED FURNITURE

Prince Sultan University College of Engineering

Department of Interior Design and Architecture

Second Semester 2015/2016

Dr. Julianna Lipták-Váradi

i.materialise.com mydecorative.com

inhabitat.com designboom.com

Content

Furniture design and details – 3D printed furniture

Part 1:

Introduction

Part 2:

Modeling in 3D printing

Part 3:

3D printers

Part 4:

Materials for 3D printing

Part 5:

3D printed furniture

Part 6:

Project 2

makezine.com

Part 1: Introduction

3D printing = additive manufacturing is a process of making three

dimensional solid objects from a digital file.

Model

Function:

Furniture, buildings, spare parts, bio-printing (e.g. blood vessel, bones), shoes,

cars (Urbee), make-up (Mink), food (Smoothfood), fashion

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3d modeling software

3d scanner

Part 2: Modeling for 3D printing – 3D modeling software

1. Free

2. Commercial

(reference: http://www.shapeways.com/creator/tools)

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Part 2: Modeling for 3D printing – 3D scanner

Digitizing objects

Hardware performing 3D scanning – e.g. Microsoft Kinect, Makerbot digitizer

Future: smart phones with 3D scanner function

Nowadays: 3D scanner prices: from inexpensive DIY to expensive professional

industrial devices

(reference: http://3dprinting.com/what-is-3d-printing/)

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Part 3: 3D printers

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reference: http://3dprint.com/80624/buying-3d-printer/

3D printers - methods

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) – laser melted nylon power

Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) – melted thermoplastic filament (most

consumer printers)

materials used:

– ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) – food safe, strong, lego plastic,

–PLA (plylactic acid) – biodegradable, derived from corn or other plants; more brittle, higher

melting temperature, harder to work with, not as strong; more properly called a polyester.

–Specialized themoplastic materials: ninjaflex (flexible material), conductive plastic, chocolate, etc.

Stereolithography (SLA) – photo-cured acrylic resin

Powerbed Gluejet Printing - metal power and glue, later annealed with copper

(reference: slideshare.net)

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Part 4: Materials for 3D printing

ABS (Fused Deposition Modeling – filament based)

Polyamide

Alumide

Rubberlike

Gold, silver, bronze

Resin

Wood

Chocolate

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Selective Laser Sintering – powder based

Lost wax casting - based on a 3D print in

wax and a molt

Stereolithography – liquid polymer based

Part 5: 3D printed furniture

Miniature

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(references: shapeways.com, 123dapp.com)

Part 5: 3D printed furniture

Full scale furniture

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www.drawn.fr/en/ cubify.com

designboom.com 3dprinting.com

Mistakes to avoid when designing a 3D model for 3D printing 1. Ignoring material guidelines

2. Ignoring printing technology

3. Ignoring wall thickness

4. Ignoring file resolution

5. Ignoring software guidelines

http://www.shapeways.com/materials/precious-plated-metal

Most common file format: STL (standard triangle language) (reference: https://i.materialise.com/blog/5-mistakes-to-avoid-when-designing-a-3d-model-for-3d-printing)

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After 3D printing Painting: acrylic, enamel, spray, airbrush

Surface finish

Finishing 3D printed parts

Post-processing – examples:

– Cosmo Wenman

– Jason Bakutis

On-line printing, useful pages, additional information

Shapeways.com

i.Materialise

ZScape – holographic printing

Painting 3D printed models:

https://ultimaker.com/en/blog/82-painting-3d-printed-models

Brush-airbrush-canned spray-paints

Thingiverse.com

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Thank you for your attention!