Manufacturing with specialty materials
As we’ve done in previous chapters, we can now move on to exporting our model so that we can manufacture it using 3D printing technology. For the case we’ve designed in this chapter, however, we are going to do things a bit differently as we will be using specialty materials to manufacture a flexible silicon-like phone case.
But we’ve already completed the first step to manufacture a design using specialty materials, which was considering the limitations of the materials we are using in the design stages. As we’ve worked to include tighter tolerances in our dimensions, rounded openings and extrusions, minimum overhangs, and flat surfaces contacting the build plate, our design should be suitable for production using flexible materials.
Once we’ve exported our design from Tinkercad, as covered in Chapter 14, we can import the model into the CAM program for our 3D printer, as I have done for mine in Figure...
