3D Printing Vocab

Additive Manufacturing

• the process of building up a three-dimensional object, layer by layer

• adjusting a 3D printer's build plate to make it level relative to the nozzle

• a technical modeling process that can be used to design parts before 3D printing

• contained, controlled environment in and around a 3D printer.

Answer explanation

A sculpture is the opposite of additive manufacturing because you start with a lot of material and take away what you don't want. Additive manufacturing is where you start with nothing then add layers of materials to create what you want.

Bed Leveling

• adjusting a 3D printer's build plate to make it level relative to the nozzle

• contained, controlled environment in and around a 3D printer.

• A thermoplastic used in some types of 3D printing, our class printer uses this

• the language through which a 3D printer (and most CNC machines) is controlled

  Stereolithography (STL) Common type of file used for download

Answer explanation

Bed leveling makes sure the print surface is in the correct location for the 3D model to print. The figure on the left was printed with a leveled bed, the one on the right was not.

Computer Assisted Design (CAD)

• the process of building up a three-dimensional object, layer by layer

• a technical modeling process that can be used to design parts before 3D printing

• small piece of hardware where the thermoplastic goes through last

• small piece of hardware where the thermoplastic goes through last

Enclosure

• a technical modeling process that can be used to design parts before 3D printing

• the process of building up a three-dimensional object, layer by layer

• contained, controlled environment in and around a 3D printer.

• A thermoplastic used in some types of 3D printing, our class printer uses this

Nozzle

• the language through which a 3D printer (and most CNC machines) is controlled

  Stereolithography (STL) Common type of file used for download

• a technical modeling process that can be used to design parts before 3D printing

• contained, controlled environment in and around a 3D printer.

• small piece of hardware where the thermoplastic goes through last

Filament

• contained, controlled environment in and around a 3D printer.

• A thermoplastic used in some types of 3D printing, our class printer uses this

• a technical modeling process that can be used to design parts before 3D printing

• thermoplastic used in a specific type of 3D printing (our printer does not use this)

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)

• A thermoplastic used in some types of 3D printing, our class printer uses this

• contained, controlled environment in and around a 3D printer.

• thermoplastic used in a specific type of 3D printing

• the language through which a 3D printer (and most CNC machines) is controlled

G-code

• the language through which a 3D printer (and most CNC machines) is controlled

• small piece of hardware where the thermoplastic goes through last

• a technical modeling process that can be used to design parts before 3D printing

• the process of building up a three-dimensional object, layer by layer