FORM DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, PhD theis

In this doctoral dissertation, tool that will help industrial designers in the process of design for AM is developed. The tool is a collection of rules which should point industrial designers towards for “appropriate” design for AM. In addition, benchmark model is designed, which is intended to guide the user in the process of fabrication but also help in the evaluation and optimization of the machine. In order for them to be more specific, the rules and the benchmark model are developed for one particular process and that is fused deposition material (FDM).