FDM Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals Orientation

This instructor resource from Portland Community College provides information on designing a course on fused deposition modeling (FDM) additive manufacturing. At the end of the course, students will be able to identify projects that are compatible for production on FDM machines, operate an FDM machine, and understand basic finishing techniques. This 1.5 credit course is designed for technical college classrooms. This packet includes a course outline, syllabus, sample course proposal form, a sample STL file, and the Rapid Prototyping Instructor’s Resource Manual.

Below is a list of the files contained within the ZIP attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis. 

FDM Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals Orientation - 1.5 credit - (6 files, 310 KB)

• Contact information for the author - FDM Additive Manufactur (Contact information for the author - FDM Additive Manufactur.doc 25 KB)
• FDM Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals Orientation Course O (FDM Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals Orientation Course O.doc 68 KB)
• FDM Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals Orientation Syllabus (FDM Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals Orientation Syllabus.doc 36 KB)
• MCH 292 FDM Additive Manufacturing Orientation - New Course (MCH 292 FDM Additive Manufacturing Orientation - New Course.docx 25 KB)
• PDF 3 - RP Resource Manual - Finishing (PDF 3 - RP Resource Manual - Finishing.pdf 207 KB)
• TEST TWIST (TEST TWIST.STL 326 KB)