3D Printing

 

Our 3D Printers

  • 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

 

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RS Ideawerk 3D Printers

Aimed at Novices/Faster/Smaller Prints

  • Log In to Download the following files
  • 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.

 

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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.

 

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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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Paying for your 3D prints

Please see our how to buy materials page to learn how to pay.

 

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Access

Prints can be left running overnight and over weekends, but you'll need to collect them the next working day. 

For full details of who can access the 3D Printers and when, see Dyson Centre Access Rules. 

 

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