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3D printing is an "additive manufacturing method," a complex way of saying "it builds by adding layers of materials." Most printers on the Georgia Tech campus are now from Bambu Lab, which uses Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), the most common 3D printing method!
Typically, to 3D print a CAD model:
First, export your CAD file as an STL model.
Next, import your STL model into the slicer that works with the 3D printer you are using.
A slicer is software that breaks up your STL model into horizontal 2D layers and writes instructions for the 3D printer, called G-code, to build up each layer one by one.
For Bambu Lab printers, use Bambu Studio.
Finally, send the sliced model file to the printer and start printing!
Once the print starts, make sure to watch the first couple of layers print to ensure no problems!!!
Here is a tutorial playlist on Bambu Studio, from the Bambu Lab YouTube channel!
Note: You do not need to watch all the videos in this playlist as long as you watch the tutorial from the Invention Studio below thisĀ
Though this tutorial, from the Invention Studio YouTube channel, is for their prospective PIs, it also covers everything you need to know to print your STL models in their makerspace!
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