2. Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator
21,000 square feet of amazingness where NYC
designers can take their ideas from prototype, to
production, to market in a community that values
ethical production, reducing our environmental
impacts and the creation of local jobs.
3. Digital Fabrication
Additive/ Subtractive
CNC Milling, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing, CNC
Knitting
4. 3D Printing History
1986 - First 3D Printer for sale in by 3D Systems
2008 - Rep Rap Project “humanity's first general
purpose self-replicating manufacturing machine.”
5. 3D Printing Hardware
Hobbyist/ Prosumer $500-$3,500
Professional - $10,000 - $200,000
Industrial - $250,000 - $2,000,000+
6. 3D Printing Methods
-FDM fused deposition modeling
-DMLS direct metal laser sintering
-3DP 3d printing
-SLA stereolithography
-SLS selective laser sintering
7. Design for 3D Printing
Limitations
-Material Properties
-Speed
-Size
-Cost
3D Printing as a conventional
manufacturing primer