3D Printing

Overview

3D Printers Available to Engineering Undergraduates

  • Five IdeaWerk/RS 3D printers (plus a number of spares) - [above left image]
  • Two Ultimaker 2+ Extended 3D printers - [above centre image]
  • One Ultimaker 3 Extended 3D printer - [above right image]

Please review the following document before using

 

Paying for your 3D prints

After printing, please weigh everything you've printed, including failed prints and supports.

  1. Fill out a paper form and drop it to the Dyson Helpdesk
  2. Input the weight into the Dyson Centre Payments Form
  3. You will receive an email with a payment link

Printing is charged at £1 per 30g of PLA, rounded up to the next 30g.

 

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Further Information on Each Model

Ideawerk/RS 3D Printers (Aimed at Novices/Faster/Smaller Prints)

  • How to 3D Print in the Dyson Centre lecture slides (PDF)  (PPTX-less-video)  (PPTX-Google)
  • Dyson Centre manual for Ideawerk/RS 3D printer (PDF)  (DOCX)
  • Software for generating files for IdeaWerk/RS 3D printers (known as Doraware-P) installed on all computers in the Dyson Centre or download here from Google Drive  - for use on Windows machines only.
  • See "Paying for your 3D prints" below.

Ultimaker 2+ Extended (Aimed at More-Experienced-Users/Larger Prints)

The Ultimakers produce more high definition print and have more options and are therefore more complex to both use and create the file to use with them. We would recommend using the RS Ideawerk printer before using these.

  • Dyson Centre manual for "Ultimaker 2+ Extended" 3D printer (PDF)  (DOCX)
  • CURA software for use with Ultimaker machines installed on all computers in the Dyson Centre, or download from Ultimaker's website.
  • See "Paying for your 3D prints" below.

Ultimaker 3 Extended (Aimed at Experts/Disolvable-Support-Material)

  • Dyson Centre manual for "Ultimaker 3 Extended" 3D printer (PDF)  (DOCX)
  • See "Paying for your 3D prints" below.

 

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