We want College of Engineering students to know that we are working on your parts as much as possible, but understandably we have less SuperUsers occupying the space to work with the machines due to the Corona Virus. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
We also have remote support available to meet with an experienced MakerSpace SuperUser to gain advice and guidance.
When can we have things 3d printed or cut?
ERIC room 170 --- Open times coming soon!
How long can student 3d prints be?
Our default answer here is 8 hours due to our ability to monitor the printers while they print but considerations can sometimes be made for senior or graduate level projects.
What can we 3d print?
YAY:
- School projects
- Research projects
- Senior projects
- Personal projects (school projects take priority)
- Weapons or weapon parts
- Drug paraphernalia
- Random useless objects like boxes
How long does it take to get something 3d printed, CNC, Laser, or PCB cut?
We pride ourselves with fast turn around times but when multiple class projects all happen at once our queue system can get busy so our advice is to come in with you ready file at least two weeks before you need your part. This is also good practice because your part may need modification in order to be successfully printed or you might want to improve your part after the first print and therefore need a second attempt printed.
How do I design things to be 3d printed?
Using SolidWorks, Fusion360, TinkerCAD, SketchUp (for SketchUp be sure your "body" is enclosed), or other 3d modeling applications model your parts to be:
- physically smaller than 200 x 200 x 230 mm
- for best practice have a flat base that the 3d print can start on
- keep "walls" greater than 3 mm
- consider that 3d printing is many two dimensional layers stacked on top of each other making up a 3d dimensional object, therefore the objects strongest dimensions are typically perpendicular to how they are printed using many strong layers.
- keep in mind support material is necessary for overhangs greater than 45 degrees as shown in the media below.
- export your part as a .3MF, .STL, or .OBJ
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