Sketching with Tangibility: An intuitive approach to design products based on flexibility

The principles of compliant mechanisms have been available to engineering students, students of mechanical engineering. Designers or design students had very little understanding of the principles behind making compliant things(Appendix B- Interviews). <br/><br/>Through the course of this project, the relevance of compliant products to designers...

Recycling 3D Prints: Enabling material reuse in prototyping facilities

In Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) for rapid-prototyping, the 3D printed parts usually have a short life, generating a constant stream of waste material and lost value. This issue becomes more relevant in the early stages of product development, where 3D printed prototypes become rapidly obsolete due to design iterations and advances in the...

From the ground up: Robotic Additive Manufacturing (RAM) of a structurally optimized earthen shell through computational design

When designing for structural performance, the geometry of the load-bearing elements is crucial for achieving the required stability. This is even more important in structural forms, such as shells and arches that are predominantly designed by their structural requirements. However, the typical design process starts with the design by the...

Using solder paste in FDM based 3D printing of integrated electronics

 Starting this report 3Dprinting is explained and the state of the art in 3D printing structuralelectronics. From here the current state of the project is described afterwhich the project goal is formed. The project goal for this project is asfollows:  “Test and prototype on-sitecuring of solder paste on a 3D printed...

Aito Haptic Mid-Console: Design of an Haptic Feedback Enabled Demonstrator for Automotive HMI Applications

While touch Interfaces have greatly improved the user friendliness and functional possibilities of devices, haptic feedback has been lacking in user interface design. Good Haptic feedback not only gives confirmation of a key press, but also enriches the user interaction and improves the usability of interfaces.<br/>This absence of haptic...

Automated Embedding of Electronic Components in 3D Printed Products

Embedables is a new concept which invites every designer to start creating simple electronic products, without having to worry about how the electronic part of the product is going to come to life. While working on the CAD model of your product, choose the component you wish to use from the component library and simply drag and drop it at the...