3D Printing Technologies

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Terminology of desktop and industrial 3D printing: FDM, resin and powder processes, filaments and their print temperatures, slicer settings, calibration and common print defects, for makers and engineering students.

What is 3D printing?: Additive manufacturing building layer by layer
What is additive manufacturing?: Building parts by adding material
What is FDM?: Fused Deposition Modeling
What is FFF?: Fused Filament Fabrication
What is an extruder?: Device melting and pushing filament
What is a hot end?: Heated part melting plastic
What is a nozzle?: Opening extruding molten plastic
What is filament?: Plastic wire fed to extruder
What is PLA?: Polylactic Acid biodegradable plastic
What is ABS?: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene plastic
What is PETG?: Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol
What is TPU?: Thermoplastic Polyurethane flexible
What is nylon?: Strong durable engineering plastic
What is a build plate?: Surface where part is printed
What is a heated bed?: Warmed build plate
What is bed leveling?: Adjusting nozzle height uniformly
What is layer height?: Thickness of each layer
What is infill?: Internal structure density
What is a support structure?: Temporary structure for overhangs
What is an overhang?: Feature extending without support below
What is bridging?: Horizontal span between supports
What is retraction?: Pulling filament back to prevent oozing
What is stringing?: Thin plastic threads between parts
What is warping?: Corners lifting from bed
What is layer adhesion?: Bond strength between layers
What is print speed?: Rate of nozzle movement
What is travel speed?: Non-printing movement speed
What is slicing?: Converting 3D model to G-code
What is G-code?: Instructions for 3D printer
What is an STL file?: Standard 3D model format