DFAM Academy

Platform

Built for the gap between buying printers and training engineers.

DFAM Academy gives additive teams a repeatable way to turn real machines, materials, compliance needs, and company roles into a course that can be sold, assigned, and improved.

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Company Admin Portal

Configure company profile, industry, machine setup, compliance requirements, and curriculum priorities.

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Tailor-Made Courses

Build role-specific training programs with guided sessions, machine labs, deliverables, and release-ready assessments.

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Seat-Based Pricing

Model base access plus core, specialist, and compliance seat tiers for B2B contracts.

Pricing

Base access plus specialized seats

Base

$1,200/mo

Initial platform access, company workspace, machine setup builder, course generation, and exports.

Core Seat

$150/mo

Standard learner access for engineers taking assigned DFAM curriculum.

Specialist Seat

$275/mo

Machine-specific labs, advanced materials, slicer workflows, and department setup content.

Compliance Seat

$425/mo

Qualification, inspection, audit evidence, release gates, and compliance controls.

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Part geometry analyzer

Upload a part and get a DFAM process recommendation

Analyze a part file, add engineering constraints, and receive a transparent recommendation for the most suitable additive manufacturing process type.

Upload geometry STL, STEP, OBJ, or 3MF

Material family Primary priority Production quantity Tightest tolerance

Load bearing Internal channels High temperature use Cosmetic surface Assembly clearances Regulated application

STL files are measured in-browser. STEP, OBJ, and 3MF use file metadata plus the engineering inputs until production CAD parsing is added.

Waiting for geometry

Upload a file and choose the engineering constraints to generate a process recommendation.

Curriculum

Learn DFAM one 3D printing process at a time

Each module separates the process physics, geometry rules, failure modes, tolerances, materials, post-processing, and engineering release decisions.

Module 01

AM process map

Engineering checkpoint

Engineering lab

Make the tradeoffs visible

Use quick estimates to teach the habit: every geometry decision changes build time, support risk, surface quality, inspection, and cost.

Estimated outcome

Build time --

Part cost --

Process burden --

DFAM risk

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Process selector

Choose the process before optimizing geometry

FDM

FDM / FFF

Best for fixtures, prototypes, tooling aids, low-load brackets, and fast iteration with engineering thermoplastics.

Design around layer anisotropy and bead width.
Use ribs, shells, inserts, and self-supporting angles.
Orient loads away from weak Z interfaces.

SLA

SLA / DLP / MSLA

Best for fine detail, smooth surfaces, dental models, microfluidic prototypes, housings, patterns, and visual validation.

Design drainage holes for hollow parts.
Plan support scars away from cosmetic surfaces.
Account for resin shrinkage and UV post-cure.

SLS

Best for durable nylon prototypes, ducts, hinges, brackets, nested production runs, and support-free polymer geometry.

Manage powder escape and thermal cooling.
Use uniform walls to reduce curl and shrink.
Design loose assemblies with clearance.

MJF

Best for production polymer housings, brackets, ducts, clips, snap fits, and assemblies consolidated into fewer parts.

Balance wall thickness with cooling uniformity.
Use nesting strategy to control economics.
Anticipate surface dyeing and finishing limits.

LPBF

Metal PBF

Best for high-complexity metal parts, internal channels, heat exchangers, and qualification-heavy applications.

Design around residual stress and supports.
Use supports as heat sinks, not only anchors.
Plan machining datum surfaces early.

BJ

Binder Jetting

Best for batch metal or sand parts where sintering, infiltration, or casting workflow controls final properties.

Compensate for shrinkage during sintering.
Avoid fragile green-part features.
Design for depowdering and furnace support.

DED

DED / WAAM

Best for repair, large metal preforms, hybrid manufacturing, clad surfaces, and material addition onto existing parts.

Favor accessible toolpaths and robust beads.
Leave machining stock on critical faces.
Manage heat accumulation and distortion.

DFAM tools

Reusable engineering templates

Knowledge check

DFAM readiness quiz

Admin portal

Curate the course to a company curriculum

Build a company-specific DFAM learning path by selecting the processes, roles, compliance requirements, and engineering outcomes that matter.

Capstone

Redesign one part three ways: FDM fixture, SLS production part, and metal PBF structural bracket.

Students finish with process-specific design review packages: geometry rules, material choice, orientation rationale, supports or powder escape, tolerances, post-processing, inspection, cost model, and release gate.

01 Baseline load case 02 FDM design variant 03 SLS or MJF design variant 04 Metal PBF design variant 05 Process-specific release review