A bottom-up design framework for CAD tools to support design for additive manufacturing

Steven Goguelin, Joseph Michael Flynn, Vimal Dhokia

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Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM) technology is enabling a platform to produce parts with enhanced shape complexity. Design engineers are exploiting this capability to produce high performance functional parts. The current top-down approach to design for AM requires the designer to develop a design model in CAD software and then use optimization tools to adapt the design for the AM technology, however this approach neglects a number of desired criteria. This paper proposes an alternative bottom-up design framework for a new type of CAD tool which combines the knowledge required to design a part with evolutionary programming in order to design parts specifically for the AM platform.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages411-421
Number of pages11
Volume52
ISBN (Print)9783319320960
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Apr 2016
Event3rd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, SDM 2016 - Chania, Greece
Duration: 4 Apr 20166 Apr 2016

Publication series

NameSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume52
ISSN (Print)21903018
ISSN (Electronic)21903026

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, SDM 2016
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityChania
Period4/04/166/04/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Decision Sciences
  • General Computer Science

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