3D Printing Vocabulary Quiz

This refers to a technology that allows someone to make a three dimensional object on a computer controlled machine.

• 3D Printing

• Computer Aided Design (CAD) program

• Filament

• Extruder

This is used to design and model a three-dimensional object that can be printed on a 3D printer.

• Filament

• Spool

• PLA

• CAD

In this process, the 3D printer follows instructions to lay down thin layers of melted plastic on a flat platform.

• subtractive manufacturing

• industrial manufacturing

• foreign manufacturing

• additive manufacturing

This type of filament, made of plant-based plastic, is one of the most common type of filament used for 3-D printing.

• TLC

• ABC

• PLA

• XYZ

This is one of the most common forms of filament used, but it is made from a petroleum-based plastic material.

• TLC

• XYZ

• PLA

• ABS

This is a solid strand of plastic used for 3D printing.

• spool

• filament

• extruder

• nozzle

This delivers the filament to the hot-end of the nozzle section.

• extruder

• nozzle

• filament spool

• base

On the 3D printing machine, this is where the filament produces the layers to print the 3D model.

• extruder

• nozzle

• base

• print bed

This delivers the filament onto the print bed.

• spool

• filament

• extruder

• nozzle

This is used to store the filament so that it can be used by the 3D printer.

• nozzle

• base

• filament spool

• extruder