Physical Material for Photopolymer Resins (SLA Printing)

[iain.galloway]

The time has come. There was a request for this in 2017, which didn't get enough votes, likely because SLA resin printing wasn't yet as incredibly affordable as it is now. 

Could Autodesk team consider adding some common photopolymer resin materials to the library with appropriate characteristics?

[jodom4]

Hey iain.galloway,

We've started adding some SLA machines by Formlabs and will most likely continue to add machines and settings by other manufacturers as use of these machines continues to grow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDAx_B0LllA&ab_channel=AutodeskFusion360

[iain.galloway]

Hi Jonathan, 
That's good to hear about the SLA machines, but unfortunately was not quite my request.
(maybe you mean that when the Formlabs get added, the resins will also get added?)
My request was about adding the PHYSICAL MATERIAL Type(s) in a fusion360 model that corresponds with a typical resin. This is so drawings, BOM  and simulations can show the right material.
Thanks for this consideration.

[iain.galloway]

And here was the old request from someone else that was obviously ahead of their time 🙂

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-ideastation-archived/add-material-selections-for-photopoly...

[hellenicopter]

Hi,

This request is more and more pertinent, especially for running simulations to account for shrinkage of the resins and optimize the design of parts based on that. Resins for SLA still shrink quite significantly leading to excessive deformations in some cases and it is pretty difficult to correctly design parts for this type of 3D printing.

Thanks in advance for considering adding such materials with shrinkage due to polymerization in the material DB.