3D Printers works somewhat like inkjet printers. Lets look at what is common and what is not.

Everyday printing step-by-step

• Prepare a document (Word, pdf etc.)
• Select orientation (Landscape or portrait)
• Press PRINT 

 

How about 3D printing?

 3D Printing Step-by-Step

• Draw a 3D model. You can use any of the CAD software...Solidworks, Inventor, Autocad, Mastercam to name few. Want to try free CAD software. Here you go.... download it free for educational use.

http://www.123dapp.com/design

 

If you are lazy and don't want to spend time on drawing. Don't worry you can download thousands of objects from an on-line libraries. Here is the link for one of the most popular one.

 

https://www.thingiverse.com/

 

Yup, if you are thinking of 3D printing impressive cell phone case for your favorite phone, chances are that someone has already designed it uploaded it to the library.

 

That is it for today...stay tuned tomorrow for the next step.