Intro to 3D printing

A shape is hardened in a vat of resin by drawing out a profile using an ultraviolet laser layer by layer.

The printer creates a bed of powder, a laser selectively melts together powdered material, then spreads more powder on top, repeating the process to build the part layer by layer.

A length of material is melted and pushed through a nozzle, the nozzle is moved around to draw out a layer.  The Nozzle is moved up one increment and the process is repeated.

Modern 3D printing has grown from a culture of sharing and remixing ideas.  There are a growing number of online libraries with a huge volume of downloadable items and projects.

These apps have a very limited scope of what they can do, that makes them super fast and powerful for making the right thing.

• Vases
• Keyrings
• Images

Convert sketches, images or logos into 3D printable files

It provides an easy way to create complex 3D Printable models in your web browser. With a simple tweak of sliders, you can control the object's shape and select a 3D pattern that wraps around it.

CookieCaster lets you make cookie cutters for anything and everyone.  With a great tutorial and a super easy design process anyone can use it.

Tinkercad.com is an online cad tool. Built on a drag and drop process.

• size them
• align them
• add them
• subtract them.