3D Printer

FDM printing:

· PLA-black or white, 8 inch cube build area, free to senior design projects until a project surpasses a total of 1kg of material used, price calculated as $0.03 per gram of material used

· ABS -black or white, 14 inch cube build area, price calculated as $0.05 per cubic centimeter of material used

· PEEK (ULTEM)-tan, 14 inch cube build area, price calculated as $0.85 per cubic centimeter of material used

· Matrix (carbon fiber reinforced nylon)-black, 14 inch cube build area, price calculated as $0.13 per cubic centimeter of material used

Resin printing:

· Rigid resin (ABS like)-black or clear, 5.7 inch cube build area, price calculated as $0.15 per milliliter of material used

· Flexible resin – clear, 5.7 inch cube build area, price calculated as $0.20 per milliliter of material used

3D print request process

Step 1) Students email their files to utdesignfabshop@utdallas.edu and include all of the below information in the email

a. all files must be in stl format

b. project number

c. material choice and color preference

d. number of copies needed of each file

e. name of project mentor

Step 2) Cost estimate generation

a. A “cost of printing” estimate document will be generated and sent back to the student

b. If the team is still printing with the free PLA allotment, then no estimate document will be generated unless specifically requested by the team.

Step 3) Estimate approval

a. The estimate document from step 2a must be viewed by the project’s mentor

b. The project’s mentor must email their approval of the estimate document to utdesignfabshop@utdallas.edu

Step 4) Print queue

a. Once the estimate approval from set 3b is received the print job will be added to the print queue

Step 5) Post print

a. Once the print is finished an email will be sent to the student team notifying them that the objects are ready for pick up at the tool crib (room 1.514)

b. All support removal and other post print processes must be done by the students

c. Project budgets are charged for the 3d print once the email from step 5a is sent.

**Special note** – if the student project is only requesting 3d printing information for a “bill of materials” list then they need to specifically state that in the email from step 1; the process then stops at step 2a .