Is there a standard for a 3D Printed Part Drawing?

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Is there a standard for a 3D Printed Part Drawing?

artnmotion (Mechanical)

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17 Sep 19 14:30

I work in the aerospace and defense industry and wonder if there's a standard and/or examples when creating a 3D Printed part drawing?

Standard Notes?
Do you show Dimensions or make them a reference?

Thank you.

-Art

pmarc (Mechanical) · Answer 1 · 2019-09-17 17:49:46

There is a draft version of ASME Y14.46 standard for "Product Definition for Additive Manufacturing" available for trial use. Not sure how useful it could be for your application, though.

https://www.asme.org/codes-standards/find-codes-st...

dgallup (Automotive) · Answer 2 · 2019-09-18 13:35:44

I thought drawings were supposed to be production method agnostic?

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chez311 (Automotive) · Answer 3 · 2019-09-18 14:17:53

I assume the logic is similar to what led to the development of Y14.8 for castings, forgings, and molded parts.

FACS (Mechanical) · Answer 4 · 2019-09-19 21:13:17

dgallup,
What does God have to do with this thread?

dgallup (Automotive) · Answer 5 · 2019-09-20 15:12:41

Agnostic : Having no firmly held opinions on an issue or matter of uncertainty.

I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel.

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drawoh (Mechanical) · Answer 6 · 2019-09-28 18:00:11

artnmotion,

Will the 3D printed part be modeled and manufactured as per your drawing, or will it be manufactured from the 3D model you submit?

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JHG

artnmotion (Mechanical) · Answer 7 · 2019-10-02 20:36:46

drawoh.

It will be manufactured from the 3D Model.

drawoh (Mechanical) · Answer 8 · 2019-10-06 20:17:12

artnmotion,

How much control do you need?

I claim that the standard for drafting is what I inspectability. I send the drawing or some other documentation to the vendor. When the part comes back, I determine whether or not the part conforms to my documentation. The part is not inspectable if...

...the part is not fully dimensioned.
...the drawing is not fully toleranced, and/or the tolerances are not achieveable.
...drafting standards are not followed.
...there is no way to inspect it.

In the absence of a drawing conforming to ASME Y14.5 or some other standard, you need some agreement as to how close the part must come to the model. My experience has been that a rapid prototyping firm will ignore the drawing and fabricate from the 3D model.

On an ASME Y14.5 compliant drawing, you can apply a note stating that any undimensioned feature must be fabricated to within a 1mm profile with respect to the model.

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JHG

BUGGAR (Structural) · Answer 9 · 2019-10-08 18:44:47

Sounds like a conversation with a Contractor on a project with "Architecturally Acceptable Welds". There were no viable specs so everybody looked over at a nearby welded hand rail and all decided that those welds would be their comparison spec.

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