Printing takes a quite long time. To print an object of ~2.5 cm^3 volume, it will take about an hour with a medium print quality (0.2 mm layer thickness).

The material is not cheap. The 2.5 cm^3 object will consume 1 m of a filament. You will be able to print ~100 copies of the model with one roll of standard filament type (750g), which is ~$58.

If you want to print a large volume or use it for teaching, you will need to source materials from your funding or education funding.

Here is the list of

official materials⁠

. I would strongly recommend using them to minimise maintenance, unless there is a good reason to use a 3rd part material.

** How to use

We will first have an STL file or 3MF file to print. You slice it with

Cura⁠

. There you can set the resolution, material type, etc.

If you are happy, you slice it and put the generated file in the printer via a USB stick. Then you can start printing it on the printer.

CTL

Engineering

LES stores

Want to print your doc?
This is not the way.

Try clicking the ⋯ next to your doc name or using a keyboard shortcut (

CtrlP

) instead.