Advanced Tech Terms

What is Bed Leveling

• adjusting a 3D printer’s build plate to make it level relative to the nozzle

• A printer issue

• a motor with gears that pushes filament toward the printer’s hot end

• the small piece of hardware that screws into the hot end and is where the filament goes through last

What am I referring to when I say an Elephant's foot

• adjusting a 3D printer’s build plate to make it level relative to the nozzle.

• 3D printing issue that causes the first layer (or the first few layers) to be wider than desired

• the percentage of how full a part’s interior is

• detached perimeter that surrounds your model

What is the extruder

• the small piece of hardware that screws into the hot end and is where the filament goes through last

• consists of a throat, heat break, heat block, and more depending on the specific hot end

• a motor with gears that pushes filament toward the printer’s hot end

• the fuel for an FDM 3D printer,

What is the hot end of the printer

• uses a heating cartridge to heat the filament, which travels through the throat of the machine

• is the small piece of hardware that screws into the hot end and is where the filament goes through last

• motor with gears that pushes filament toward the printer’s hot end.

• is the fuel for an FDM 3D printer,

What is the nozzle

• a detached perimeter that surrounds your model.

• is the fuel for an FDM 3D printer,

•  refers to the shape and structure of the infill

• is the small piece of hardware that screws into the hot end and is where the filament goes through last.

What is the filament

• the fuel for an FDM 3D printer

• the small piece of hardware that screws into the hot end and is where the filament goes through last

• is a multi-line skirt that extends from the base of the part to be printed

•  detached perimeter that surrounds your model.

What type of filament do we use in our class

• PLA

• PETG

• ABS

• PLG

What does PLA stand for

• Polylactic Acid

• acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

• terephthalate glycol-modified

• It doesn't stand for anything

What is the skirt of a print

• We don't have a skirt on our print

• refers to the shape and structure of the infill.

• extends from the base of the part to be printed

• a detached perimeter that surrounds your model

What is a brim

• multi-line skirt that extends from the base of the part to be printed

•  provides added adhesion without wasting too much filament or time.

• It can also be an effective solution against warping.

• All of the above