
Design for Additive Manufacturing
- 2nd Edition - March 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Author: Martin Leary
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 6 7 1 9 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 6 7 2 0 - 5
Design for Additive Manufacturing, Second Edition is a complete guide to design tools for the manufacturing requirements of AM and how they can enable the optimization of proces… Read more

Design for Additive Manufacturing, Second Edition is a complete guide to design tools for the manufacturing requirements of AM and how they can enable the optimization of process and product parameters for the reduction of manufacturing costs and effort. Tools for polymeric, metallic, and ceramic AM technologies are presented and critically reviewed, along with their manufacturing attributes. Commercial applications of AM are also explained with case studies from a range of industries, demonstrating best practice in AM design.
This new edition has been updated to reflect various changes in fundamental AM technologies and new chapters have been added covering in-field additive manufacturing for service and repair, machine learning for AM certification, small format printing, large format printing, and ceramic printing.
This new edition has been updated to reflect various changes in fundamental AM technologies and new chapters have been added covering in-field additive manufacturing for service and repair, machine learning for AM certification, small format printing, large format printing, and ceramic printing.
- Covers all commonly used tools for designing additive manufacturing (AM), as well as descriptions of important emerging technologies
- Provides systematic methods for optimizing AM process selection for specific production requirements
- Addresses design tools for metallic, polymeric, and ceramic AM technologies and includes commercially relevant case studies that showcase best-practice in AM design
- Includes updated chapters and new chapters on In-Field Additive Manufacturing for Service and Repair; Machine Learning for Effective Certification; Small Format 3D Printing; Large Format 3D Printing; Ceramic Printing
Researchers, upper undergrad and grad students in engineering, manufacturing, and materials science
1. Introduction to Additive Manufacturing
2. AM production economics
3. Digital design for Additive Manufacturing
4. Topology optimization for Additive Manufacturing
5. Generative design
6. Material extrusion
7. Material Jetting
8. Vat polymerization
9. Powder bed fusion
10. Directed Energy deposition
11. Binder jetting
12. In-Field Additive Manufacturing for Service and Repair
13. Machine Learning for Effective Additive Manufacturing Certification
14. Small Format 3D Printing
15. Large Format 3D Printing
16. Ceramic 3D Printing
2. AM production economics
3. Digital design for Additive Manufacturing
4. Topology optimization for Additive Manufacturing
5. Generative design
6. Material extrusion
7. Material Jetting
8. Vat polymerization
9. Powder bed fusion
10. Directed Energy deposition
11. Binder jetting
12. In-Field Additive Manufacturing for Service and Repair
13. Machine Learning for Effective Additive Manufacturing Certification
14. Small Format 3D Printing
15. Large Format 3D Printing
16. Ceramic 3D Printing
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: March 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Martin Leary
Martin Leary is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia. His research interests include engineering design, and system approaches and optimization. He is also the Medical Manufacturing Group Leader at RMIT, a member of the RMIT Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CAM), and co-editor of the International Conference on Sustainable Automotive Technologies.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia