This week’s selection is “The Mechanical Design Process” by David Ullman.
Many 3D printer operators begin by printing pre-designed 3D models, and that’s ok. Some will then pursue CAD tools to learn how to design their own parts. That’s also ok.
The final step is to design not only parts, but assemblies of parts that make up a mechanical device. That’s much harder to do.
This is the stage where self-taught 3D designers run into the wall, and that’s often because they don’t understand how to execute a systematic design process. That would be taught to professional engineers and designers, but casual 3D printer operators may find it challenging.
That’s where this book comes in: it provides an easy to read approach to learning a proper process to design mechanical devices. There IS a step by step process to do so, and this is where you’ll find it.
The material is presented in an increasingly complex series of case studies, each of which offers new learnings for the reader.
If you’re getting into mechanical design then you might consider this book as a way to short circuit the learning process.
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