Credits: 4 (3-0-2)
Description
Review of solid modeling techniques with comparison. Product development. Simultaneous Engineering and Additive Manufacturing(AM). Basic Principle of AM processes. Support structure in Additive Manufacturing. Containment and critical applications. Generation of the physical layer model. Classification of AM Processes. Virtual Prototyping. Tessellation (STL format) and tessellation algorithms. Defects in STL files and repairing algorithms. Slicing and various slicing procedures. Accuracy and Surface quality in Additive Manufacturing. Effect of part deposition orientation on accuracy, surface finish, build time, support structure, cost etc. Various Rapid tooling techniques. Introduction to Reverse Engineering. Reverse engineering and Additive Manufacturing.