Additive manufacturing has opened the doors to large scale production of geometry we all used to think was impossible. Today, the challenge isn't how to manufacture those products; it's how to quickly and easily design them to leverage the unique benefits of additive manufacturing.
Thankfully, there are several advanced CAD tools and workflows that help us achieve this goal. Tools like generative design, which leverages artificial intelligence to design optimized geometry based on load information paired with potential material options and manufacturing methods. There are also tools like computational modeling, which leverages new ways to digitally define geometry itself so that you can create incredibly complex designs quickly and easily, all without suffering from performance degradation of your CAD system. More recently, agentic AI agents have been developed that allow you to simply describe the type of product you are trying to design. The, the AI agent models it for you.
In this presentation, Jason Lichtman (Sr. Technical Specialist for Design & Manufacturing at Autodesk), will present how these cutting-edge technologies work and how they benefit product designers as well as engineers. You will learn about the trade-offs between each design method and see concrete examples of each. You will also get a preview of emerging technologies in this area that are shaping the future of how ideas are turned into additive manufacturing ready designs.
If you design or engineer consumer products and want to take your ideas to the next level and beyond, this presentation is for you!
Learning Objectives:
better understand how far AI has come and how you can leverage it today
better understand what emerging technologies are being developed and how they will affect the way that we will design products for additive manufacturing going forward
