3D Printing Vocab
This plastic strand comes on a spool and feeds into a 3D printer.
What is filament?
This is what you open to get inside the 3D printer.
What is the front door?
If a printer starts smoking or a wire looks damaged, a student should immediately alert this person.
Who is the teacher (or supervising adult)?
This tiny square is a single building block of a digital image.
What is a pixel?
This is the file format you use when you're saving a file you're still working on.
What is .piskel?
A 3D printer builds an object by stacking these thin levels on top of each other.
What are layers?
This flat surface is where the printed object is built.
What is the build plate?
What is the front door?
This is the selected set of colors used in a piece of artwork.
What is a color palette?
When you're finished with your animation, you export your file in this format.
What is a .gif?
This software turns a 3D model into layers and instructions a printer can follow.
What is a slicer?
Melted filament exits through the tiny opening in this part.
What is the nozzle?
Touching a hot nozzle or heated bed can cause this injury.
What is a burn?
This term describes an individual 2D graphic, such as a game character or item.
What is a sprite?
Each of these contains one image in an animation sequence.
What is a frame?
These temporary structures hold up overhanging parts during printing and are removed afterward.
What are supports?
Filament is loaded on this.
What is the spool holder?
These two parts can remain hot after a print finishes
What is the nozzle and the build plate?
This is a small set of similar colors within a color palette.
What is a color ramp?
When you're finished creating your image, you export your file in this format.
What is a .png?
This is the pattern of material printed inside an object, often measured as a percentage.
What is infill?
This is where the filament feeds from the spool and into the printer.
What is the Filament feed area?
Having vents and fans uncovered and clear of obstructions supports what?
What is ventilation?
To create a pixel art animation, you must _______ the layer before making changes to it.
What is duplicate?
Using this tool creates a symmetrical image with two identical halves.
What is the mirror tool?