3D Printing Vocabulary

What is additive manufacturing?

• The process of building up a three-dimensional object, one thin layer at a time.

• Adding up all of the things that were manufactured

• The type of material that goes in to a 3D printer

What is the big thing that pulls the filament through it to turn it from cold solid to hot liquid?

• PTFE Tube
• Extruder
• Thermistor
• Hobbed Gear

What is the hot thing that the filament comes out of?

• Extruder
• Nozzle
• Print head
• Filament Tube

What is the flat thing the 3D print is built on?

• Stage
• Bed
• Ground
• Floor

What kinds of materials can be fed into a 3D printer

• Plastic only

• Paper only

• Metal only

• Metals, plastics, powders, and other substances

What are 2 main types of filament?

• ABS and PLA

• Chocolate

• polyamide(nylon

• Nougat

A 3D printer reads the model in:

• chunks
• codes
• layers or slices
• English

How can 3D printing help doctors?

• They can print prescriptions faster
• They can make custom fits and models to help patients
• They can print tools that break
• They can make prizes for patients

Astronauts in space can use 3D printing to

• print equipment they need instead of waiting for shipments from Earth
• make prizes for aliens they meet
• be creative and not get bored in space
• create more stars

The blue grid surface where you build models

• file
• workplane
• action buttons
• system