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Digital Production Studio and Tech Tool Lending Library: 3D Printing

Introduction

Do you need to create a prototype of a design idea or model for a class project?

Our 3D printer allows you to bring your vision to life by turning an idea into a tangible three-dimensional object. The RoboE3 3D printer takes a computer-aided design (CAD) file and creates a physical model layer by layer using selected material using a polymers.

Here are the directions for printing in the studio: Creality K1 Max Printing Guide

To change filament, watch the appropriate video:

Creality K1 Max Filament Change

Robo Printer Filament Change

Creality K1 Max 3D Printer

Creality K1Max 3D Printer

Creality K1 Max 3D Printer

Robo 3D Printer

Robo 3 3d printer

Design Your Own Model

To design your own CADs, try any of the following free software:

  • ​Tinkercad:  A browser-based 3D design platform, now part of Autodesk
  • ​OpenSCAD: free software for creating solid 3D CAD models. Useful for creating models of machine parts
  • ​SketchUp: comes in free or pro versions.

Ready-To-Print Designs

Search for pre-existing CAD on the internet to print:

  • Thingiverse: MakerBot's searchable design library community
  • 3D Warehouse: Sketchup's searchable design library 
  • Cubehero: Cubehero hosts your 3D printed and hardware projects to make it easier to work together with others