APPLICATION OF 3D PRINTING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

3D PRINTING

3D printing as a construction technology has the potential to vary material sourcing. Form prefabrication materials for a Building to printing the whole structure on-site, ready to be used immediately. This can allow companies to get materials faster and streamline the process by removing extra steps in the middle.

APPLICATION OF 3D PRINTING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING


3D Printing in Civil Engineering can be used to create construction components or to print the entire building.

3D printing is basically the construction of 3D objects from a CAD model or a digital 3D model.

It refers to various technologies that use 3D printing as a core fabric method for fabricated building or construction components.

Advantages of 3D printing construction

  1. Faster construction: we can construct the building faster when compared to the usual method which uses labour.
  2. Lower labour costs: when we use this method there will very less requirement of labour (only skilled labour are required)
  3. Increased complexity and accuracy: when we design a structure which is complex printers prints it easily without any error.
  4. Greater integration of functions.
  5. Less waste is produced: produced structures are accurate and when printers are used they produce less waste.

3D Printing Methods

There is a variety of 3D printing method used at construction scale with the main once being extrusion (cement, wax, foam, polymer). Powder bonding, additive welding and offsite fabrication are used while printing.

These different methods which are patented by different companies like ARCS, 3D concrete printing, D-shape technology etc.

Softwares

There are different softwares used:

  • Autodesk fusion 360
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Ultimaker Cura
  • Tinker CAD
  • Mesh LAD
  • Solid works
3D Printed Pedisterain Bridge in China

The first house 3D Printed in Russia


3D Printed office in Dubai




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