Print Email Facebook Twitter Investigating the links between the process parameters and their influence on the aesthetic evaluation of selective laser melted parts Title Investigating the links between the process parameters and their influence on the aesthetic evaluation of selective laser melted parts Author Galimberti, G. (Politecnico di Milano) Doubrovski, E.L. (TU Delft Mechatronic Design) Guagliano, M. (Politecnico di Milano) Previtali, B. (Politecnico di Milano) Verlinden, J.C. (TU Delft Materials and Manufacturing) Contributor Bourell, David L. (editor) Crawford, Richard H. (editor) Seepersad, Carolyn C. (editor) Beaman, Joseph J. (editor) Fish, Scott (editor) Marcus, Harris (editor) Date 2016 Abstract This study is a precursor to gaining a deeper understanding of how each parameter of the Additive Manufacturing (AM) process influences the aesthetic properties of 3D printed products. Little research has been conducted on this specific aspect of AM. Using insights from the work presented in this paper, we intend to develop design support tools to give the designer more control over the printed products in terms of aesthetics. In this initial work, we fabricated samples using Selective Laser Melting (SLM)technology, and investigated the parameters geometry, building strategy, and post-processing. We asked participants to evaluate the visual and physical interaction with the manufactured samples. Results show that, in addition to geometry and post-processing, the aesthetic evaluation can also be strongly influenced by the SLM process’ building strategy. This understanding will enable us to develop tools to give designers more control over the part’s aesthetic appearance. In addition, we present a systematic procedure and setup to evaluate the aesthetic appearance of products manufactured using AM. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:64ee9f52-dab7-43b1-9826-9b3f8452ff55 Publisher Laboratory for Freeform Fabrication and University of Texas at Austin Source Solid Freeform Fabrication 2016: Proceedings of the 27th International Solid Freefrom Fabrication Symposium Event The Twenty-Seventh Annual International Solid Freefrom Fabrication (SFF) Symposium, 2016-08-08 → 2016-08-10, Austin, United States Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2016 G. Galimberti, E.L. Doubrovski, M. Guagliano, B. Previtali, J.C. Verlinden Files PDF 190_Galimberti_1.pdf 674.25 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:64ee9f52-dab7-43b1-9826-9b3f8452ff55/datastream/OBJ/view