From IdeaTo Real Object.
A hands-on workshop in six modules: the tools, designing for the constraints, mechanisms that print in one piece, and generative CAD. You leave with an enclosure you designed and printed.
- Format
- One day, in person
- Level
- Beginner to intermediate
- Seats
- Twelve per cohort
- Take home
- The part you printed
What the day covers
Six modules, running from the tools through to the part in your hand.
Industry tools and ecosystem
The printers, slicers, design tools and materials professionals actually use, and how they fit together.
Design for 3D printing
Wall thickness, overhangs, tolerances and orientation — the decisions that determine whether a part survives.
Printable mechanisms
Snap fits, living hinges, gears and compliant mechanisms, built and printed on the day.
What only additive can do
Internal channels, lattice structures and assemblies that come out of the printer already moving.
Build your enclosure
Model, slice and print an enclosure for a product of your own, then take it with you.
Generative CAD
Give the tool loads and constraints instead of dimensions, and let it generate geometry that meets them.
No experience required
We start from the ground up. Designers, engineers, students and hobbyists all begin in the same place — having used a printer or a CAD tool before helps, but nothing assumes it.
- Bring
- A laptop, any OS
- Provided
- Software, materials, printing
- Also bring
- Something you would like to prototype
Reserve a seat
Twelve seats per cohort. Leave your email on the form and I will send dates, location and pricing.
Reserve a seat