Product Design: From Modeling to 3D Printing

Agustín Arroyo, better known as Flowalistik, kicks off the course by telling you about his professional career and how he got into 3D printing. He also talks about his biggest influences in the industry and gives you an overview of what's planned for the course.

Before you begin working on your project, find out why 3D printing is an attractive solution for custom product design and the advantages it has over traditional methods. Discover what the design process entails to help you plan out each step. Then, outline a product idea and start developing it in Autodesk Fusion 360.

Learn how to make a model using parametric design, which allows you to easily modify and enhance it as you go, before adding customizable features to give it personality.

See how to prepare and export your file for fabrication and choose which material you want to use for 3D printing. Agustín then shows you some advanced layering tricks in Ultimaker Cura to ensure you get an efficiently printed, quality product.

Find out how to assemble the final version and create renders of your product in Fusion 360. Finally, calculate the manufacturing costs for your pieces and explore some viable options for marketing your 3D-printed product.