ABSTRACT
Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing is becoming a common tool for production of a variety of parts across many industries. However, a large number of professionals still imagine manufacturing in traditional subtractive manner where machining followed by some form of joining is the only way to produce a part. To make AM a more mainstream manufacturing process, it is important for designers and engineers to design parts for AM processes that use a layer-by-layer bottom-up manufacturing approach. AM technologies can offer a lot more flexibility than traditional manufacturing approaches, and some of those unique concepts have already been discussed in previous chapters such as topology optimization, multi-material structures, etc. The focus of this chapter is to set guidelines on how design concepts for AM can be incorporated in a classroom setting to help traditional or non-traditional students learn to think the way AM works.
