Support materials for the class.

2. MY
BOSS
"We see the library as not being in the
book business, but being in the learning
business and the exploration business
and the expand-your-mind business."

3. “The way people used to
use libraries had a lot in
common with the way they’d
shop at supermarkets.
“Now we’re incorporating
more aspects of the
kitchen.”

4. OUR MAKERBOTS USE PLA
PLA, or Polylactic Acid
1 SPOOL COSTS $43

5. 1 spool prints 392 chess pieces

6. This name tag took 11 minutes

7. This little guy took 45
ABOUT
OUR
MAKERBOT

8. Software
Software
Tinkercad:
browser based
FREE as in beer
integrates with Thingiverse
easy

9. Software
Software
Tinkercad:
Utterly reliant on Internet connection
Not precise
Engineers will hate you
Was almost killed off last year

10. 123D DESIGN ONLINE

11. Software
Google SketchUp requires download

12. Software
Google SketchUp has awesome warehouse

13. Software

14. Software
1. Tries to sell you stuff all the time
2. Pro versions are very expensive
3. Learning curve steep for casual
users
4. Hard to make smaller objects

15. Software
Makerware:
slices up your
object and
sends it to the
Makerbot
MakerWare is not a
design program.
The object is built
from the bottom
up, one sliver at a
time.

16. Thingiverse
clearinghouse for the 3D designs of others.
Allows you to download and alter according to
Creative Commons licensing.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:130412

17. GETTING STARTED
Sign-up can
Sign-up can
take aafew
take few
minutes to
minutes to
process!
process!
Create accounts with TinkerCad and
Thingiverse

18. Try these training programs!

19. Return to Tinkercad and Select
“Create New Design”

20. Practice dragging Geometric shapes
onto the Workplane

21. Practice changing your
view using your mouse
and the onscreen tools.

25. Download for 3D Printing as STL

26. USING MAKERWARE
Uses algorithm slices your digital file into very thin layers
to prepare it for 3D printing.

27. SIMPLE TO USE
3 Buttons, 2 that
actually do
something helpful.

28. ADD brings your file
into the program.

29. ADD brings Navigate to
your file
your
into the program.file

30. Put the object on the platform
ADD brings Navigate to
your file
your
into the program.file

31. Rafts and Supports
Should be removed from the project when it is finished printing.
Supports help prints with extreme overhangs.
If you have an overhang that extends out at
greater than 45 degrees, then you need a
support.
Rafting helps with uneven shapes or prints that have trouble sticking to the build plate

32. The Magical Preview Button!
Put the object on the platform
ADD brings Navigate to
your file
your
Click MAKE to preview
into the program.file
IMPORTANT!

33. ALL these presets can stay the same.
Put the object on the platform
ADD brings Navigate to
your file
your
into the program.file
These are up to you

34. The Magical Preview Button!
Put the object on the platform
ADD brings Navigate to
your file
your
into the program.file
Won’t effect prints in
progress

35. The Magical Preview Button!
How long will this take?
What this thing will
actually look like!

36. What was promised
on Thingiverse.

37. What the preview told me.

38. The Magical Preview Button!
Put the object on the platform
ADD brings Navigate to
your file
your
into the program.file
Do it! You know you
want to.

39. MAKERBOT MAINTENANCE
Wonky PLA load
Unaligned platten
the 2 things that cause the most problems are:

40. MAKERBOT MAINTENANCE
The 2 things that cause the most problems are:
Unleveled build plate
Wedging
Velcro-ing
Misalignment
Bad PLA Load
Air Printing
PLA feeder Clicking
Filament wadding at head
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41. MAKERBOT MAINTENANCE
Wonky PLA load
trim the end of the filament before loading and
don’t be afraid of pushing too hard when
loading.
Staff can’t load and unload spools. The color
that is on is the color your print will be.

42. MAKERBOT Digitizer

43. MAKERBOT Digitizer

44. MAKERBOT Digitizer
1.
2.Each pass takes 9 minutes
3.Combining multiple scans makes better
prints
4.Works with MakerWare

46. Make your survey:
simple
repeatable
problem solving

47. Fill out a survey, get a free print!

48. White Clouds

49. Makerbot Community