Build Weekend is Feb 20-22 at GT Bio Quad

3D Printing

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 to have a working understanding of this slicer.

If you plan to practice 3D printing at the Invention Studio, please go through the following tutorial video from the Invention Studio YouTube channel and refer to their 3D Printing (FDM) page.

The 3D printers and their filament at student makerspaces on the Georgia Tech campus incur NO financial cost for Georgia Tech students to use, but CANNOT be used to build products to be sold.

For 3D printing in the BME Design Shop, please visit their website at https://shop.bme.gatech.edu/.

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