{"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":"2025-09-24T10:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:24:24","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\" id=\"4fa00abb-d7d9-4037-b658-91b5af02b3ae\"><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>Please refer to our slideshow, <em>Intro to FDM 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\/2025\/04\/3D-Printing-Overview-25ST.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 3D Printing Overview 25ST.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d26b888c-3fb1-4e36-8cbd-a77f9eb3e598\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/files\/2025\/04\/3D-Printing-Overview-25ST.pdf\">3D Printing Overview 25ST<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/files\/2025\/04\/3D-Printing-Overview-25ST.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d26b888c-3fb1-4e36-8cbd-a77f9eb3e598\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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 individual resource pages for our three types of printers: the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/a1-mini\">A1 Mini<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/x1\">X1E<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/h2d\">H2D<\/a>. Additional information can be found below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/a1-mini\/troubleshooting\/nozzle-clog\">A1 Mini Nozzle Unclogging Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><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><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><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/ams\">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>Some advanced information for the H2D can be found below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><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><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><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<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Information on slicing files in Bambu Studio for our Bambu Lab printers can be found here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><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><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><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bambulab.com\/en\/software\/bambu-studio\/support-painting-update\">Bambu Studio: Support Painting Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\" id=\"a3037860-dea0-4ac4-838e-c29610941335\"><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>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>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\" id=\"cbf4181e-3466-4c9a-b412-d89db37aa99a\"><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>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<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never 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<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Glowforge Pro laser cutter requires regular cleaning after a few days of use. Failure to keep the laser cutter clean will affect your preview image, the power of the laser on your material, and even increase the risk of fire, so it&#8217;s extremely important for you to help us keep it properly maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"SQ6FHvmZaaE\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"Cleaning your Glowforge | How To With Nick\" title=\"Cleaning your Glowforge | How To With Nick\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find more information about using the web platform, print optimization, and material possibilities at <a href=\"https:\/\/support.glowforge.com\/learn\">Glowforge Support<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/community.glowforge.com\/\">Community Forums<\/a> are also a great resource for any questions you may have.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"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","with-sidebar"],"_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":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/vizlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/440"}],"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}]}}