Industrial design DfAM series: Customize parts using blocks, not your time

Francesco Leonardi and Ivan Vecchio, .ZERO

Mass customization, at the technology level, is one of the many opportunities that AM can offer. Of course, the advantage of not having tools or molds in the production stage requires different tools for the design step.

The .ZERO team always has nature as its source of inspiration. Nature is the best proof of how things are never identical. nTop is the key to connecting ideas and technologies, to turn the opportunity of mass customization into a real advantage. 

Watch the presentation that covers:

• Modeling and remapping to modify lattice structures and translate the center of gravity
• The “notebook” concept, focusing on the core of the Body to create custom blocks
• Creating a custom block to automate the design