This document provides an overview of 3D printers and rapid prototyping. It discusses the origins of 3D printing with the RepRap project in the early 2000s. It then covers the process of 3D printing including designing models using CAD software, scanning physical objects to create digital files, and different fabrication methods like Fused Deposition Modeling. The document shows various materials that can be 3D printed and real examples of printed objects. It also briefly introduces other rapid prototyping technologies and ways people can interact with electronics projects.

1. 3D Printer
...and Rapid Prototyping

2. LONG TIME AGO

3. THE BEGINNING
RepRap ( http://reprap.org )
short for “Replicating Rapid-prototyper“
Thanks to
Dr. Adrian Bowyer
Senior Lecturer in mechanical engineering
at the University of Bath (UK)

4. D I Y( o r q u i t e c l o s e )

5. PRUSA i3 REWORK

6. X
Y
Z
EXTRUDER
ELECTRONICS

7. CALIBRATION

8. ELECTRONICS

9. THE EXTRUDER

10. Dr. SPOCK?
Insufficient facts always invite danger.
READY TO PRINT?

11. Dr. SPOCK?

12. FDM MATERIALS (like RepRap)

Plastics (ABS, PLA, NYLON and other
polymers)

Wood (Polymer)

Rubber (Polymer)

Metals (Bronze Steel, Brass, Alumide and other
polymers)

Ceramic (Polymer)
Other materials used in other technologies

13. REAL EXAMPLES

14. DUAL COLOR

15. SINGLE COLOR

16. CERAMICS

17. DELTA PRINTER

19. Rapid Prototyping

20. MAKERS

21. HOW ?

CREATE

PROCESS

FABRICATION

INTERACT (bonus)

22. 
CAD

Physical probe

Laser scanner

Structured light

Photometric

Others
CREATE

23. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

24. BLENDER

25. LASER SCANNER

Touchless

Precision (0.01 mm)

Very Fast

Very cheap

Line laser (>5 Euro )

Webcam (>15 Euro)

A3 / A4 paper (1 cent)

27. STRUCTURED LIGHT

Touchless

Precision (0.1 mm)

Very Very Fast !!!

Very cheap

Projector / Beamer

Camera

28. Other methods?!?!?!?!
(...yes...)

29. Do you know me? :)

30. FABRICATION
From handicraft to high tech, is most commonly
applied to industrial production, in which raw
materials are transformed into finished goods on
a large scale.

31. PRUSA i3 REWORK

32. DELTA PRINTER

33. Syntering Laser

34. OTHER TECHNOLOGY

35. INTERACT (bonus)
A LOT OF FUN WITH
ELECTRONICS !!!
TINY KIT ?!?!?

36. PROJECTSThings Lab is around the “corner”! ;-)

37. OPEN RC

38. PICK AND PLACE

39. 3D SCANNER