by Adam Smith,
Assistant Lead Teacher of Technology and Art
The 3D Printer is now in action!
Pupils studying Design and Technology can now use 3D printing as a method of making their final prototypes. A job that would have taken weeks to sculpt by hand (or a design that was just too tricky to even think about making by hand) can now be made in a couple of hours using this new and emerging technology.
Pupils will firstly draw out their ideas using 3D CAD software. Another piece of software will slice the drawing into thousands of layers, each only 0.1mm thick. This information is then sent to the printer where melted plastic is extruded onto a heated bed in the 0.1mm thick layer. Once the layer is done, the bed moves down, and the next one is done.
The possibilities of what pupils can now achieve is endless!
Assistant Lead Teacher of Technology and Art
The 3D Printer is now in action!
Pupils studying Design and Technology can now use 3D printing as a method of making their final prototypes. A job that would have taken weeks to sculpt by hand (or a design that was just too tricky to even think about making by hand) can now be made in a couple of hours using this new and emerging technology.
Pupils will firstly draw out their ideas using 3D CAD software. Another piece of software will slice the drawing into thousands of layers, each only 0.1mm thick. This information is then sent to the printer where melted plastic is extruded onto a heated bed in the 0.1mm thick layer. Once the layer is done, the bed moves down, and the next one is done.
The possibilities of what pupils can now achieve is endless!
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