{"id":6495,"date":"2024-08-23T16:22:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T22:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/its\/?page_id=6495"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:48:03","slug":"3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/its\/drc\/3d-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

3D Printing is free of charge for all faculty, students, and staff at Macalester College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For student prints that are not academic in nature, students will need to come in to the DRC to print themselves. For academic prints and prints for faculty and staff, requests can be submitted online via the Academic 3D Printing Request Form (folks can also come in to 3D print themselves).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Non-Academic\/Self-Service Printing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Students, faculty, and staff who would like to utilize the 3D printers in the DRC will need to go through a short training and pass a quick quiz on 3D printing. Once a patron is 3D Print Trained, they will be able to use TechCheckout to book time on a 3D printer in the DRC. You\u2019re able to either reserve a printer in advance or drop in to see if a printer is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get 3D Print Trained<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Before you\u2019re able to reserve a printer, you\u2019ll need to go through some basic training on the DRC printers and how to 3D print (even if you\u2019re already familiar with 3D printing). You\u2019ll need to come to a 3D Printing Workshop or set up a one-on-one training with one of our 3D print leads. Scheduling with our 3D print leads will be available after the first week of classes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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3D Printing<\/h3>\n

Mondays & Wednesdays: 2:45-4:45 PM
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\r\nSundays: 2-4 PM <\/p><\/p>\n

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Please do a quick read through each of these articles (they’re not long) about different print surfaces and materials.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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