{"id":40,"date":"2023-07-05T09:58:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T13:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:03:12","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"4fa00abb-d7d9-4037-b658-91b5af02b3ae\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">3D Printing<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"4fa00abb-d7d9-4037-b658-91b5af02b3ae\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please refer to our slideshow, <em>INTRO TO 3D PRINTING<\/em>, as a refresher when 3D printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/files\/2026\/08\/INTRO-TO-3D-PRINTING-2608.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of INTRO TO 3D PRINTING 2608.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3acb8ca5-7979-4fc4-ac73-72596e664ad3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/files\/2026\/08\/INTRO-TO-3D-PRINTING-2608.pdf\">INTRO TO 3D PRINTING 2608<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/files\/2026\/08\/INTRO-TO-3D-PRINTING-2608.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3acb8ca5-7979-4fc4-ac73-72596e664ad3\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maintenance on our printers is carried out by staff and student workers, but occasionally you may run into a problem that you need to solve on your own. Everything you need to know about operating and maintaining our Bambu Lab printers can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/home\">Bambu Lab Wiki<\/a>. This includes resource pages for our three types of <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/h2\">H2 series printers<\/a>. Additional information can be found below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/filament-acc\/acc\/pei-plate-clean-guide\">Build Plate Cleaning Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/general\/swaping-new-filament-with-bambu-reusable-spool\">Refilling filament on a Bambu Reusable Spool<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/ams-2-pro\">AMS Workflow and Troubleshooting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some advanced information for the H2D and H2C can be found below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/software\/bambu-studio\/manual\/dual-nozzles-slicing-filament-grouping\">Introduction to Filament Grouping Strategy for Dual Nozzle Printers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/filament-acc\/filament\/pla-basic-and-petg-hf\">Printing Guide for using PLA with PETG support (or vice versa)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/h2\/h2d-tpu-printing-guide\">H2D TPU Printing Guide (top rack recommended)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/h2c\/h2c-filament-printing-guide\">H2C Filament Printing Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information on slicing files in Bambu Studio for our Bambu Lab printers can be found here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/software\/bambu-studio\/studio-quick-start\">Bambu Studio: Quick Start Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/software\/bambu-studio\/color-painting-tool\">Bambu Studio: Color Painting Tool<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/software\/bambu-studio\/support-painting-update\">Bambu Studio: Support Painting Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All3DP has a useful guide with troubleshooting general printer issues and test print files for how to correct them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all3dp.com\/2\/best-3d-printer-test-print-3d-models\">How to Fix Everything from Stringy Prints to Bad First Layers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"a3037860-dea0-4ac4-838e-c29610941335\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">3D Design<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"a3037860-dea0-4ac4-838e-c29610941335\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Computer Aided Design, or CAD, can be difficult to learn quickly. We recommend beginning with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tinkercad.com\/\">Tinkercad<\/a>, a free web-based platform accessible from nearly all computers on campus with a low barrier of entry. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/overview\">Autodesk Fusion<\/a> is our recommendation for designing 3D-printed parts, and we have licenses available for members of the Bates community. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onshape.com\/en\/\">OnShape<\/a> is a good free (ish) alternative to Fusion, and for mesh-based modeling we recommend exploring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/\">Blender<\/a>. Our staff and student employees are familiar with a broad range of applications to help you get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do we make design decisions for parts destined for 3D printing? Does 100% infill give your part ultimate strength, or is it a myth? <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rahix.de\/design-for-3d-printing\/\">Design for 3D-Printing from Rahix&#8217; Blog<\/a> is essential reading on this subject.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"cbf4181e-3466-4c9a-b412-d89db37aa99a\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Laser Cutting<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"cbf4181e-3466-4c9a-b412-d89db37aa99a\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few very important notes about laser cutting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Always run the attached Performance Filter whenever the laser cutter is in use (automatic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Never<\/strong> leave the laser cutter unattended while in use<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not stare directly into the laser for extended periods of time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove excess materials from the bottom of the laser cutter after each use<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean surfaces and laser (when machine is off) after every few hours of use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.xtool.com\/article\/2299?from=xTool%20P3&amp;url=%2Fproduct%2F69\">xTool P3 Safety Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.xtool.com\/article\/2609?from=xTool%20P3&amp;url=%2Fproduct%2F69\">How to Calibrate the Optical Path of xTool P3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1615,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"none","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}