Course Description

Leapfrog Instructor

Leapfrog Instructor

The Leapfrog Instructor is a team of 3D Printing experts from Leapfrog 3D Printers. As a 3D Printer manufacturer, a lot of knowledge has been built up over the years. We have come to know that a lot of costumers can improve their 3D print experience with some of the knowledge we have. That is why we want to share this using online courses and of course our support team at support.lpfrg.com.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction to the course

    • Welcome to Leapfrog 3D Printer's Engineering Course

    • Overview

    • Where to find additional support
  • 2

    Chapter 1 - Benefits

    • CASE: Prototypes and mock ups

    • Time

    • CASE: International Prototyping

    • Money

    • CASE: Avoiding downtime

    • Part Substitution

    • Design Revisions

    • Design: Verification

    • CASE: AV Flexologics

    • CASE: Effective use of 3D printing
  • 3

    Chapter 2 - Limitations

    • Part Strength and Size Restrictions

    • Part Strength example

    • 3D Printer Limitations: Volume

    • 3D Printer Limitations: Complexity & Maintanance

    • Temporary Learning Period
  • 4

    Chapter 3 - 3D printer and 3D printing review

    • Know your tools

    • 3D printing qualities

    • Parts of the Printer - a Quick Review

    • What can your printer do?

    • Common 3D Printing Issues - a Quick Review

    • Filament Type - Setting Recommendations

    • Common Filament Type - Setting Recommendations

    • Support Filament Type - Setting Recommendations
  • 5

    Chapter 4 - Bridging and Overhang

    • 45 Degrees Rule

    • Angle test

    • Support Strategy

    • Bridging

    • Bridging Test

    • Overhang solutions: Adapting your design

    • Overhang solutions: Splitting your design
  • 6

    Chapter 5 – Part Strength

    • Part Strength

    • Choosing the correct filament

    • Infill

    • Corner strength

    • Tolerances: Basic information
  • 7

    Chapter 6 - Detailing and Additional Adjustments

    • Final settings and cleaning up

    • Layer height, top, bottom layers and perimeter shells

    • Detail Test

    • Scaling Parts

    • Scaling Test

    • Finalizing the Part
  • 8

    Chapter 7 - .STL models, .GCODE models, and brief class on g-code language

    • .STL VS .GCODE - a Quick Review

    • The 3D Slicing Process - a Quick Review

    • Print Profiles - Pros and Cons

    • Basic G-Code Language and Printer Behavior
  • 9

    Chapter 8 - 3D printing in the near future

    • Introduction

    • Materials are key

    • A different mind set

    • CASE: Need for a cultural overhaul

Reviews

5 star rating

Useful insight of 3D printing cases

Iñigo Urra

Even though the content is brief, it contains all the necessary information to show the boost that a 3D printer can give to engineering companies. I do reall...

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Even though the content is brief, it contains all the necessary information to show the boost that a 3D printer can give to engineering companies. I do really like the Cases, which perfectly complement the course. I am a fully convinced that 3D printing will create a whole new paradigm in the near future, and I am looking forward to be part of it. I only missed some more references to other types of 3D printing (SLS and SLM, stereolithography, bioprinting...).

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5 star rating

3D Printig - Covers all bases

Dave Yair

A great starting point to build your experience upon...

A great starting point to build your experience upon...

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4 star rating

João Gonçalves

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