{"id":9152,"date":"2026-04-07T08:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/?p=9152"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:16:32","slug":"3d-printing-material-selection-design-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Material Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once the material is chosen late in the design process, it will be too late to optimize performance.<\/p>\n<p>The geometry has become fixed, the design has been approved, and the deadlines are near. \u23f3 At this point, the choice of material has become a trade-off.<\/p>\n<p>We pick what we know: \u201cLet\u2019s use PA12, it should work well\u201d. Sometimes it will work, while other times it may limit the final design.<\/p>\n<p>The selection of material is not only a parameter, but it also defines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stiffness<\/li>\n<li>Flexibility<\/li>\n<li>Surface characteristics<\/li>\n<li>The long-term performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you make your material selection early in the design process, the design and performance can be developed together. If you make your selection late in the design process, you will have to adjust the product design around the material\u2019s limitations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The best products are not only well-designed, but are also well-matched to the material used in the design from the very beginning. \ud83c\udfaf<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once the material is chosen late in the design process, it will be too late to optimize performance. The geometry has become fixed, the design has been approved, and the deadlines are near. \u23f3 At this point, the choice of material has become a trade-off. We pick what we know: \u201cLet\u2019s use PA12, it should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3D Printing Material Selection: Early Design Stage | Brand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn why early material selection is critical for 3D printing performance. Avoid design trade-offs and optimize stiffness, flexibility, and longevity.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"lt_LT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3D Printing Material Selection: Early Design Stage | Brand\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn why early material selection is critical for 3D printing performance. Avoid design trade-offs and optimize stiffness, flexibility, and longevity.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smart Factory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-07T08:07:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-26T12:16:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775206832064-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lukas Dapkus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lukas Dapkus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minut\u0117\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lukas Dapkus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fe3132e020ae5aa100dd547de5a22782\"},\"headline\":\"Late Material Decisions\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-07T08:07:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-26T12:16:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":157,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1775206832064-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/\",\"name\":\"3D Printing Material Selection: Early Design Stage | Brand\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1775206832064-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-07T08:07:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-26T12:16:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn why early material selection is critical for 3D printing performance. Avoid design trade-offs and optimize stiffness, flexibility, and longevity.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1775206832064-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1775206832064-1.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":640},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"3D Printing professionals\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/lt\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Late Material Decisions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/\",\"name\":\"Smart Factory\",\"description\":\"3D printing professionals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Smart Factory\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/cropped-SF_logo_tik-S-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/cropped-SF_logo_tik-S-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Smart Factory\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/smartfactory\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartfactory.lt\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fe3132e020ae5aa100dd547de5a22782\",\"name\":\"Lukas Dapkus\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"lt-LT\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cefc6bf85f7fdcc1c5f7e420cb283af3051d10e5af9ab15d69cfd3d51bae5cd9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cefc6bf85f7fdcc1c5f7e420cb283af3051d10e5af9ab15d69cfd3d51bae5cd9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cefc6bf85f7fdcc1c5f7e420cb283af3051d10e5af9ab15d69cfd3d51bae5cd9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lukas Dapkus\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"3D Printing Material Selection: Early Design Stage | Brand","description":"Learn why early material selection is critical for 3D printing performance. Avoid design trade-offs and optimize stiffness, flexibility, and longevity.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/","og_locale":"lt_LT","og_type":"article","og_title":"3D Printing Material Selection: Early Design Stage | Brand","og_description":"Learn why early material selection is critical for 3D printing performance. Avoid design trade-offs and optimize stiffness, flexibility, and longevity.","og_url":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/","og_site_name":"Smart Factory","article_published_time":"2026-04-07T08:07:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-26T12:16:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775206832064-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lukas Dapkus","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lukas Dapkus","Est. reading time":"1 minut\u0117"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/"},"author":{"name":"Lukas Dapkus","@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/#\/schema\/person\/fe3132e020ae5aa100dd547de5a22782"},"headline":"Late Material Decisions","datePublished":"2026-04-07T08:07:29+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-26T12:16:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/"},"wordCount":157,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775206832064-1.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"lt-LT"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/","url":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/","name":"3D Printing Material Selection: Early Design Stage | Brand","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775206832064-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-07T08:07:29+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-26T12:16:32+00:00","description":"Learn why early material selection is critical for 3D printing performance. Avoid design trade-offs and optimize stiffness, flexibility, and longevity.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"lt-LT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"lt-LT","@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775206832064-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775206832064-1.jpg","width":800,"height":640},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/3d-printing-material-selection-design-process\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"3D Printing professionals","item":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Late Material Decisions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/","name":"Smart Factory","description":"3D printing professionals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"lt-LT"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/#organization","name":"Smart Factory","url":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"lt-LT","@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cropped-SF_logo_tik-S-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cropped-SF_logo_tik-S-1.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Smart Factory"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/smartfactory\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/#\/schema\/person\/fe3132e020ae5aa100dd547de5a22782","name":"Lukas Dapkus","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"lt-LT","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cefc6bf85f7fdcc1c5f7e420cb283af3051d10e5af9ab15d69cfd3d51bae5cd9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cefc6bf85f7fdcc1c5f7e420cb283af3051d10e5af9ab15d69cfd3d51bae5cd9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cefc6bf85f7fdcc1c5f7e420cb283af3051d10e5af9ab15d69cfd3d51bae5cd9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lukas Dapkus"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9152"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9379,"href":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9152\/revisions\/9379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}