focusing on design simplicity, minimizing unnecessary complexity while maintaining key features. Optimize build orientation and support structures to reduce post-processing time, and fine-tune machine parameters for faster builds without compromising critical part quality or structural integrity.

Balancing creativity and efficiency under time pressure in a 3D printing project requires prioritizing essential design elements while using rapid prototyping to quickly test concepts. Streamline the creative process by setting clear goals and constraints, focusing on impactful innovations that align with the project’s objectives

Save time by testing key features and functionalities with smaller test prints. Experiment quickly and learn. Then combine these ideas into more polished concepts. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.

In any Additive Manufacturing process, the design time is the one which consumes a lot of time from the overall project timeline. Optimizing your design by using tools such as Topology Optimization, DFAM principles, using Digital Twins. These tools can be very helpful in optimizing the design time and able to run multiple iterations of designs virtually to find the one or the few optimal solution, which then can be 3D printed.

3D printing looks simple and effective but the person who handles it knows about the real pain. The designer, the programmer and the person who's going to rip off the parts from the build plate should be the same. This way the individual is going to have the knowledge of handling parts from the scratch. He/She would know what they are designing, how and where to orientate, where to provide minimum or no support structures keeping the geometry intact. Parts that need to be additively manufactured should be planned first keeping in mind all the constraints and challenges. Make different settings for prototype and finished products. Use hollow support structures for small and medium components.