Onshape - Design a 3D Printer
Having your own 3D printer will help you bring your ideas to life faster than ever before. In this course, you'll learn how to utilize Onshape to design your very own functioning delta 3D printer. Software required: Onshape.
What you'll learn
3D printers can quite literally help your greatest ideas take shape. In this one-of-a-kind course, Onshape - Design a 3D Printer, you get to design your own! You will learn the workflow utilized by a 3D printing industry expert to design a miniature-class, delta-style 3D printer. First, you'll learn the basics of Onshape and how to import specific components you'll need. Next, you'll work on the frame of the printer and learn how it works in the first place. Next, you'll design the base, carriages, arms, and effector. Finally, you'll learn how to assemble your final design for use in the future. By the end of the course, not only will users will have a thorough understanding of the Onshape workflow and how to design all of the components comprising a delta 3D printer, but the resulting files will contain all that is needed to manufacture a functioning 3D printer on an existing desktop 3D printer. Software required: Onshape.
Table of contents
- Module Introduction 1m
- How a Delta Printer Works 4m
- Starting Our First Sketch 5m
- Finishing Sketch 1 6m
- Doing Our First Extrudes 3m
- Importing the Stepper Motor Drawing 2m
- Sketching the Stepper Motor Mount 7m
- Extruding the Stepper Motor Mount 4m
- Finishing the Stepper Motor Mount and Patterning the Frame 4m
- Introduction 0m
- Positioning the Extruder Part 1 4m
- Positioning the Extruder Part 2 3m
- Connecting the Extruder to Our Frame 3m
- Sketching the X5 Mount 5m
- Extruding the Different Elements of Our Sketch 5m
- Sketching and Extruding USB and SD Access Port 5m
- Finishing the Stepper Motor Mounts 5m
- Sketching and Sweeping the Hot End Wire Channel 4m
- Sketching the Wire Compartment and Print Bed Mounts 3m
- Extruding the Wire Compartment and Print Bed Mounts 2m
- Sketching and Extruder the Power Port 3m
- Finalizing Our Frame 5m
- Introduction 1m
- Designing the Arm Ends 8m
- Starting Our Effector Design 6m
- Finishing the Main Body of the Effector 3m
- Starting the E3D V6 Hot End Adapter 5m
- Finishing the Effector Design 3m
- Doing the Primary Sketch for the Carriages 6m
- Initial Carriage Extrusions 5m
- Completing the Basics of the Carriage 5m
- Starting the Joint Mounts for the Carriage 7m
- Finishing the Carriage Design 2m
- Introduction 1m
- Frame Top Part 1 5m
- Frame Top Part 2 5m
- Sketching the Print Bed 3m
- Stepper Sub-assembly and Final 7m
- Effector and Carriage Sub-assembly 7m
- Integrating the Effector and Carriage into the Final 5m
- Arm Sub-assembly and Final Integration 4m
- Completing the Final Assembly 5m
- Extruder Assembly Time-lapse 2m
- Printing Tips and Course Conclusion 5m
About the author
Mitch became interested in and started pursuing a career as an Industrial designer in college, and has since grown to be fascinated by the possibilities with 3D printing. Ever since first discovering CAD in college, Mitch has been an avid user and has had the opportunity to try many different software packages…as well as doing the occasional sculpt in ZBrush. With over 10,000 hours of 3D printing experience, he started his own company, Mitch Pricer Designs LLC, with the goal of bringing 3D print... more