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Intro to 3D Design and Printing for the Absolute Beginner
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Support materials for the class.
Transcript of Intro to 3D Design and Printing for the Absolute Beginner
"We see the library as not being in the book business, but being in the learning business and the exploration business and the expand-your-mind business."
MY BOSS
“The way people used to use libraries had a lot in common with the way they’d shop at supermarkets.
“Now we’re incorporating more aspects of the kitchen.”
OUR MAKERBOTS USE PLA
PLA, or Polylactic Acid 1 SPOOL COSTS $43
1 spool prints 392 chess pieces
This name tag took 11 minutes
This little guy took 45 ABOUTOUR
MAKERBOT
Software
Tinkercad:
browser based
FREE as in beer
integrates with Thingiverse
easy
Software
Software
Tinkercad:
Utterly reliant on Internet connection
Not precise
Engineers will hate you
Was almost killed off last year
Software
123D DESIGN ONLINE
Google SketchUp requires download
Software
Google SketchUp has awesome warehouse
Software
Software
Software
1. Tries to sell you stuff all the time2. Pro versions are very expensive3. Learning curve steep for casual
users4. Hard to make smaller objects
Makerware: slices up your object and sends it to the Makerbot MakerWare is not a
design program.
The object is built from the bottom up, one sliver at a time.
Software
Thingiverse
clearinghouse for the 3D designs of others.
Allows you to download and alter according to Creative Commons licensing.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:130412
GETTING STARTED
Create accounts with TinkerCad and Thingiverse
Sign-up can take a few minutes to
process!
Sign-up can take a few minutes to
process!
Try these training programs!
Return to Tinkercad and Select “Create New Design”
Practice dragging Geometric shapes onto the Workplane
Practice changing your view using your mouse and the onscreen tools.
Download for 3D Printing as STL
USING MAKERWARE Uses algorithm slices your digital file into very thin layers to prepare it for 3D printing.
SIMPLE TO USE3 Buttons, 2 that actually do something helpful.
ADD brings your file into the program.
ADD brings your file into the program.
Navigate toyour file
ADD brings your file into the program.
Navigate toyour file
Put the object on the platform
Rafts and SupportsShould be removed from the project when it is finished printing.
Supports help prints with extreme overhangs. If you have an overhang that extends out at greater than 45 degrees, then you need a support.
Rafting helps with uneven shapes or prints that have trouble sticking to the build plate
ADD brings your file into the program.
Navigate toyour file
Put the object on the platform
The Magical Preview Button!
IMPORTANT!
Click MAKE to preview
ADD brings your file into the program.
Navigate toyour file
Put the object on the platform
ALL these presets can stay the same.
These are up to you
ADD brings your file into the program.
Navigate toyour file
Put the object on the platform
The Magical Preview Button!
Won’t effect prints in progress
The Magical Preview Button!
How long will this take?
What this thing will actually look like!
What was promised on Thingiverse.
What the preview told me.
FAIL!
ADD brings your file into the program.
Navigate toyour file
Put the object on the platform
The Magical Preview Button!
Do it! You know you want to.
MAKERBOT MAINTENANCE
Wonky PLA load
Unaligned platten
the 2 things that cause the most problems are:
MAKERBOT MAINTENANCEThe 2 things that cause the most problems are:
Unleveled build plate
• Wedging
• Velcro-ing
• Misalignment
Bad PLA Load
• Air Printing
• PLA feeder Clicking
• Filament wadding at head
MAKERBOT MAINTENANCE
Wonky PLA load
trim the end of the filament before loading and don’t be afraid of pushing too hard when loading.
Staff can’t load and unload spools. The color that is on is the color your print will be.
MAKERBOT Digitizer
MAKERBOT Digitizer
MAKERBOT Digitizer
1.
2.Each pass takes 9 minutes
3.Combining multiple scans makes better prints
4.Works with MakerWare
Makes a 3D Scan of an object.
• Getting feedback from participants
Make your survey:simplerepeatableproblem solving
Fill out a survey, get a free print!
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