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-- Main.EdSells - 07 Dec 2005
Design for RP manufacture on the Stratasys Dimension
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This manual has been designed for use with the Stratasys Dimension Rapid Prototyping (RP) machine. The purpose of this manual has been to capture specific knowledge and techniques directly associated with design and manufacture on the RP machine. In addition to information about typical builds, this manual also includes methods for 'circuit inclusion'. This facility is a useful post-manufacture process should the user wish to include an electrical circuit. Consideration to this needs to be given at the design phase therefore details have been written in-line with typical design instructions. This manual has been designed for three types of user, shown in Table 1:
| User type | Content | Relevant Sections |
| Beginner | A brief introduction to the concepts of Rapid Prototyping and descriptions of the processes used by the FDM Stratasys Dimension RP machine. An introduction to the design considerations for Rapid Prototyped components. This is followed by an optional section on design of components for circuit inclusion. Finally, the two following sections detail the physical manufacturing processes to enable the user to make the part. | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Advanced | A quick reference guide has been included in the Appendix. This has been designed to enable fast design of Rapid Prototyped components on the Stratasys Dimension. The 'Hole fit empirical validation matrix' has also been included in the hope that future component data can be captured and used to advance our knowledge about the machine's performance. | 6.1 |
| Researcher | For researchers looking to expand the knowledge in this manual, details for all relevant laboratory reports used to support the data have been included in the appendix. |
This manual is specific to the Stratasys Dimension rapid-prototyping machine and Solid Edge v14 (solid modelling software package licensed by the University of Bath). Therefore this manual will refer to techniques used in Solid Edge v14.
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