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This document discusses various types of prototyping including soft and virtual prototyping. It covers topics like rapid prototyping processes, materials, CAD aspects, and applications. Prototyping is presented as a production process that allows for experimentation and correcting errors early before full production.

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Chapter 1 3D Printing

This document discusses various types of prototyping including soft and virtual prototyping. It covers topics like rapid prototyping processes, materials, CAD aspects, and applications. Prototyping is presented as a production process that allows for experimentation and correcting errors early before full production.

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Understanding

Prototyping
By:
Prashanth A
Course Topics
• Introduction to prototyping.
• Soft & Virtual Prototyping.
• Fundamentals of Rapid Prototyping.
• Various rapid prototyping processes.
• Material aspects.
• Rapid Prototyping Data Format - CAD aspects.
• Finishing of rapid prototyped parts.
• Rapid prototyping for tooling.
• Applications of Rapid Prototyping and tooling
Introduction to Prototyping
Making
We are fascinated in the processes of making things of the
modern world that we see all around us — pottery, basket
weaving, factories of glass blowing, even “behind the
scenes” clips that entertain us with how filmmakers cheat
reality with special effects.

Designers constantly look for new ways to combine old &


new technologies & to apply them in their design arena.

This course presents those methods that are relevant to the


production of any given object and are relevant to industrial
design.
Prototyping as a production process

Conventional manufacturing Conventional manufacturing


Cost per unit manufactured

Production cost
RPT RPT

Units manufactured (volume) Number of product variants - complexity

Economies of Volume Economies of Complexity


Prototyping as a production process
PROTOTYPING
Proto, comes from Greek & basically means “first in time”.
A prototype is a test, or original, model of a product or a technology from
which improvements, upgrades or fundamental changes can be made.
Why Prototypes?
Using a prototype has numerous benefits in making an idea become a reality,
for both consumer & developer alike.

Some of the benefits include:


#1
Ensuring a communication between
consumer & developer at an early
stage, with feedback & queries from
both parties enhancing the process.
#2
Giving developers the chance to spot
errors at an early stage & rectify them
before they cause problems in the later
stages of design.
#3
Being able to look at the
aesthetics of the product &
see whether any changes can
be made to make it more
appealing to consumers.
#4
Allowing practical experimentation to
take place while there is scope to make
fundamental changes to the product.
#5
Boosting morale & productivity for developers
who can use the model as a reference point
and something to work towards.
Structural Structural & Functional
representation functional representation
Pre-production
Appearance Model Working Principles
prototype
Physical size, shape Prototype
Mock-up of
and appearance Key functions
Manufactured product
(but not function) (but not size & shape)
(Size, shape & function)

Form and fit model Production prototype Test Prototype


Physical size, shape As manufactured Specific functions
(but not function &
appearance) (Materials & process) (but not size & shape)
Prototype & Model
Model describes a non-functional representation &
Prototype describes a functional item
Appearance model is a full-scale, non-functional,
representation that looks, as closely as possible,
identical to the prospective new product.
Form & Fit models are ideal for ergonomic
analysis of handheld electronic devices, medical
equipment & computer input devices.
• Card & Paper Modeling
• Thermocol Modelling
• Foam Modelling
• Clay Modelling
Soft Prototyping

=
The making, hacking, and fabrication of
projects that demand flexibility, enabling an
innovative way of communication & interaction.
Virtual Prototyping
Virtual prototyping, is a software-based
engineering approach that involves modeling a
system, simulating & visualizing it under actual
operating conditions, & then iteratively improving the
design.
Next Chapter
Prototyping methods

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