3D Printing Terms

Fused Deposition Modeling

Formed Density Manufacturing

Filament Durometer Measurement

Fabricated Digital Making

Place in outer space

3D Model Repository

Brand of 3D Printer

Type of 3D Modeling Software

Cuts your model into separate pieces

Creates a 3D Model from a drawing

Converts a 3D model into code for the 3D Printer

Prepares the filament for 3D Printing

Side rails that make the frame of the 3D Printer

Tutorials for the 3D software

Removable part of 3D Print that fills gaps or overhangs of a model

Base layer of 3D Print to prevent warping

A swimming platform

A tool in Fusion 360

The heated bed of a 3D Printer

Disposable base printed first to reduce warping

Polylactic Acid

Plastic Lithography App

Prototype Linear Aggregator

Polymer Limiting Additive

Simulated Light Sensor

Selective Laser Sintering

Sodium Lithium Steel

Support Lined Segments

Maximum size of the 3D CAD file your computer can handle

Maximum size of a print that a specific 3D printer can print

Maximum thickness of the filament a specific 3D printer can use

Maximum loudness a 3D CAD can play at

Part of the 3D Printer that feeds and heats the filament

Part of the 3D Printer that holds the spool of filament

Part of the 3D Printer that changes the Z position

Part of the 3D Printer that levels the build plate

Filling gaps in the 3D Design process

Special software to prepare the 3D print

Detachable pieces that support overhangs

Inner mesh structure of a 3D print expressed as a percentage