Tutorial: Additive SLA

This tutorial enables you to take a design of a desk hook and prepare it for 3D printing using a Formlabs SLA (stereolithography) printer. SLA is a vat photopolymerization technology for depositing layers of thermosetting plastic resins.

Preparing the desk hook in Fusion means you can visualize it within the build volume of a Formlabs printer, define its print orientation, and add support structures. You can then create a Formlabs .form file ready to send directly to Formlabs PreForm software for 3D printing.

In this tutorial, you:

• Open the sample file containing the desk hook and bolt.
• Create an additive setup selecting a Formlabs SLA printer.
• Create Automatic Orientation studies to rotate the desk hook and bolt to minimize their support area.
• Add a Lattice Support and a Base Plate Support to hold the desk hook and bolt in place during the build process.
• Create a Formlabs .form file to send directly to Formlabs PreForm software.

The desk hook in the Design workspace (left) and then positioned on a Formlabs SLA printer with support structures in the Manufacture workspace (right).