3D printing & 3D CAD training for industry

Overview

This is a practical, applied programme built around what industry actually needs: engineers and technical staff who can design, prepare and produce parts without waiting on external resource, including parts that are difficult or impossible to produce through traditional machining alone. For many teams, this is the most compelling reason to build this capability in-house.

The course runs as a 2 or 4-day programme covering 3D printing operations and 3D CAD design end to end. It is relevant across automotive, aerospace, nuclear, energy, construction, medical devices and advanced manufacturing, and can be shaped around your production environment or a specific operational challenge.

This is not a classroom exercise. Everything you learn connects directly to how your business designs, iterates and makes things.

Make what was once impossible

Internal channels, lattice structures, consolidated assemblies, complex geometries that conventional manufacturing cannot easily produce. Your team will learn to design for additive from the outset.

Design parts that actually work

Move beyond off-the-shelf components. Learn to design and modify parts in Autodesk Fusion 360 and ZBrush for your specific application, material and print method

From file to finished part or product, faster

Replace slow, expensive external prototyping with an internal capability that turns around design iterations in hours. Master Cura slicing, print settings and workflow setup so your team can prepare and run prints reliably, without guesswork, rework or waiting on a supplier.

Operate and maintain your equipment

Understand how your 3D printer works from the inside out, including calibration, key adjustments and the maintenance routines that keep production reliable at pace.

Apply it to real production challenges

Tooling, jigs, fixtures, bespoke components, end-use parts, the course uses industry-relevant tasks so skills transfer directly to your workflow.

A free printer. A capable team. No dependency.

Every delegate that completes the full 4-day course or the 2-day 3D printer route, takes back to your business a FREE 3D Printer and lthe processes, confidence and a repeatable approach that embeds across your operation.

Who is the training for?

This training is designed for businesses that want to get more from additive manufacturing technology, and for the people who will use it day to day.

• Manufacturing and production engineers
• Design and product development teams
• R&D and innovation departments
• Technical staff responsible for tooling, jigs or prototyping
• Managers looking to build in-house capability and reduce outsourcing costs
• Businesses at any stage of 3D printing adoption, from first printer to scaling an existing setup

Choose from 4 day 3D Printing & 3D CAD or 2 day print and CAD modules

3D Printer Intro & Self-Build (Day 1)

What is 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing?

Industry applications for 3D Printing

Build a fully functioning 3D Printer

3D Printer Key Components

3D Printer Operations & Maintenance (Day 2)

What slicers are and how they work / 3D Model slicing

Where to get stl files,

Hands on experience of using Cura slicer software, slicing upgrades / model files,

3D print upgrades.

Troubleshooting and Maintenance.

3D Computer Aided Design (Day 1)

Fundamental commands and first principles all 3D CAD systems follow

3D CAD used in STEM, Art DT and engineering.

What are the key tools and commands. 3D modelling in Fusion 360.

How to design for 3D printed components

3D Computer Aided Design (Day 2)

Surfacing. Sheet metal. Produce a 3D part using surfacing.

Z Brush free form CAD modelling.

Reverse engineering exercises.

Assembling parts in 3D space