ME 646Design for Additive Manufacturing
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Mechanical Engineering
ME 646 as listed in the Fall 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
Additive manufacturing (AM) processes are capable of creating parts with a high design complexity and functionality. Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) discusses how to conceptualize and create a part design suited for manufacturability via various AM processes, while leveraging design freedoms to enhance performance. After taking this course, students will have gained experience with key DfAM concepts, such as functional complexity, hierarchical design, architected materials via latticing, topology optimization, and assembly consolidation. Through project coursework, students will explore various design tools, the basics of AM processes, and how DfAM concepts relate to AM production.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:
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Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026
- Graduate Calendar, Fall 2026The official entry
- Requirements for Fall 2026Waterloo’s requisite checker
- Schedule of Classes, Fall 2026Instructors, rooms, live seats
- Quest Class SearchWhere you enrol
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
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- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
Calendar versions
Graduate Calendar
- Spring 2025
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026 (shown here)
- Winter 2024 and earlier in the calendar archives