12. Designing Easy-to-Print Parts

For 13 years I taught mechanical engineering at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Vancouver, Canada. Our program was divided into five options:

Image Design

Image Manufacturing

Image Mechanical systems (heating, ventilating, air conditioning [HVAC])

Image Plastics

Robotics

One of the courses I taught was called “Manufacturing ...

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