​NX Additive Manufacturing (6 days)
This course is designed to expedite the student learning experience in the NX Software to design and analyse components that are meant to be manufactured using additive methods.
Course Content:
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Introduction to Additive Manufacturing
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Design for Additive Manufacturing Checks
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Polygon Modelling
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Designing with Scanned Geometry
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Reverse Engineering
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Designing with Lattices
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Algorithmic Modelling
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Implicit Modelling
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Texturing
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Generative Design and Topology Optimization
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Fixed Plane Additive Manufacturing
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Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation
Day 1: 1. Introduction to Additive Manufacturing 2.DFAM Checks •Overhang Angle Check •Determine Print CSYS - Overhang Angle check •Find the optimal part orientation •Check conformal cooling channels •Check wall thicknesses and radii •Text Object for Additive Manufacturing •Creating Sub-volumes for Additive Manufacturing •Wholly Enclosed Volume •Check Trapped Supports and Overheating •Porosity Checker 3.Polygon Modelling •Part Clean-up •Basic Operations •Remesh Facet Body •Extrude Facet Body •Snip facet body •Decimate and Subdivide Facet Bodies •Local Offset. •Convert Facet Bodies. •Paint Facet Bodies. •Detect Primitives. •Create and Delete Control Cages •Filling Holes and creating Solid bodies from scanned data •Polygon Modelling Fill Hole Capabilities •Extrude, subtract, move – Modelling •Morph Mesh •Compare Body
Day 4 10.Generative Design and Topology Optimization •Design a simple bracket using topology •Review and adjust a bracket design •Prevent overhangs during optimization •Optimize a symmetrical bracket •Optimize a design using connections •Generate an optimized bike frame lug •Generate an optimized rocker arm body •Optimize a pivot arm •Section Tube Demo
Day 2 4. Designing with Scanned Geometry •Rebuild a broken part •Refine a design •Reverse engineer surfaces from a scanned part •Repair a bone scan facet model •Direct repair of Scanned Data 5.Reverse Engineering •Rapid Surfacing •Fit Surface •X-form •Smooth Poles •Reverse Engineering Shadow Curves •Reverse Engineering Project Curves •Reverse Engineering Faces •Reverse Engineering Sheet Bodies •Reverse Engineering Finishing Details •Rapid Surface car body •Draw Cage with Facet Body
Day 5 11.Fixed Plane AM •Configuring build processor profiles •Modifying Planar Additive Templates •Creating Support Structures •Modifying Support Structures •Using Print Marks •Patterning and Nesting Build Tray Components •Producing the Print Files for Manufacturing
Day 3 6.Designing with Lattices •Build conformal lattice •Create surface and tetrahedron fill lattice structures •Improve a lattice structure using Filter Lattice •Connect lattice bodies •Build a user defined unit cell lattice structure •Build lattice structures to fit holes •Reduce weight using lattice •Uniform and Random Lattice •Body Lattice Single body - Unit Fill •Body Lattice Multi body – Unit Fill / Unit Conformal •Convergent Unit and Conformal Lattice •Voronoi Lattice 7.Algorithmic Modelling 8.Implicit Modelling 9.Texturing
Day 6 12.Simcenter 3D Process Simulation •Prepare AM job for simulation •Define Simulation Job •Mesh preparation •Perform Simulation and View Results •AM Material Calibration Tool •Flexible Build Plate •Support and Lattice homogenisation
Self-Paced Online NX Training
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