360 LIVE (edited): Designing 3D Printed Prescription Glasses 

Thank you Jack!

Robert Bunney, it is my pleasure. I hope you take on a glasses project. Please share the results when you do. My project was super fun. I’m planning to design another one sometime later this year. Next ones will likely be sunglasses just to change it up.

Peter Gough, it is my pleasure. Glad you enjoyed!

Thanks Peter!

Thank you Tyler Boone! There will be more to come. I am looking forward to seeing your Ray-Bans when they’re ready!

rajkumar Ukkuturi , I agree. We have to have more advanced videos too!

Thanks for watching, Tor Ivan Boine!

Tor Ivan Boine thank you for watching. More to come!

Jeremy, Autodesk has offices all over the country and also all over the world. I work out of our Denver office.

Also, please share your glacier glasses design. I would love to see them!

@@easyriderjCurrently finishing up finals week at DU so when I get a chance to finish the design I will definitely share! I did not know Autodesk had a Denver office. I'm very interested in Digital Fabrication and I'm going attending the Emergent Digital Practices program as a graduate student at DU while at the same time teaching myself how to use Fusion 360. Are there ways to visit the Denver office for a tour or something of the like?

A great skill to add to your arsenal!

Jason bringing some advanced methods. Great work Jason!

I LOVE the “replace face” feature and use it all the time. Tip: Make sure the face you are using as the replacement is bigger than the area you want to replace or it won’t work.

That blew my mind as well. It is mirrored by the windows of the building they are in which is on the left side. If you look closely there are 2 lines on the left which look like cables. However those are not cables and are the horizontal gaps between the windows of the building. Hope this solves that dilemma for you ^^

Evren Uçar is correct. The building our office is in has a section that sticks out. That’s where I was live-streaming from. You were looking partially at the side of the building and partially at view across the street. The glass is very reflective, so it can be confusing.

Hahah....love this discussion! I kinda wish Jason would have let it go a little longer.

I'll let Jason weigh in on this, but for point #2 I know Netfabb has tools to simulate this.

Great questions, btw!

Glad you enjoyed my video. I have answers to your questions. I did not use SLS. I used HP’s multi-jet fusion technology. It is similar though. The material is nylon 11. It was not impregnated with anything to make it stronger because one of the inherent strengths of multi-jet fusion is that the parts are nearly isotopic. There is very little “layering” and the parts are quite strong. As mentioned in the video, I did get a small amount of shrinkage on the top surface of the arms. To compensate, I bubbled the top surface of the arms slightly. This was mainly for aesthetic reasons. I didn’t get any other shrinkage that would affect overall size or the function of the hinges. Cheers! Jason

@@easyriderj Wow, I hadn't heard of that type of printing before. That printer sounds great. Thanks again for sharing your process. I learned a lot of new techniques and appreciate the level of detail you went to ensure your frames accommodated all the ergonomic, technical and geometric considerations. Legit!

Adam Glazier When I started the project, I had seen a lot of 3D printed glasses that looked more like costume pieces than real glasses. By that, I mean that they lacked a lot of the subtle details that make a pair of glasses look beautiful and like you could buy them in a store. I wanted my glasses to look like they were professionally designed. Thankfully, I consider myself a professional. So, I took the time and designed them with care. I wear mine nearly every day and couldn’t be happier. Best of luck on your next design project! Warmly, Jason

I have an old 3D Systems SENSE scanner. It isn’t great, but it works.

I think it was done in one print, but I'll let Jason explain!

auhopu there was no assembly required. I printed both arms and the frame itself in one piece. I left a very small gap between the parts so that they wouldn’t fuse together.

Use the feature called "split body" instead of "split face".

Hey George, these details are covered in the stream near the end. Check it out to learn how he went about this!

Hi Eric, this is Jason. For this project, yes! The only exception to this was the nose area. When I was creating sketches to loft the nose support, I did use a few splines. For everything else, lines and arcs were perfect.

If this drawing created with spline how would u have converted it to arcs?

I like the efficiency. We usually try to do that ourselves. This was a special case being that we had to edit the live stream.

Hopefully less than off the shelf options? What country?

@@adskFusion Mauritius 🇲🇺

I have to admit, this is funny! I thought I looked good right before the live stream. After watching the recording, I don’t think that was my best self. Such is life sometimes.

happens to everybody i guess this fits: focus on the info, not the way it was conveyed 😋

We still love ya, Jason!