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Yale School of Art
1156 Chapel Street, POB 208339
New Haven, Connecticut, 06520-8339

3D Printing at the Yale School of Art

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  • There are two MakerBot Replicator + machines available at the Yale School of Art.
  • 24 hour access 3D Printing is available on these two machines and they are available to Yale School of Art graduate students, art majors, and students enrolled in art classes.
  • Makerbot Replicator + #1 is located in rm 215B (All School Annex Lab) at 1156 Chapel Street
  • Makerbot Replicator + #2 is located in rm 310 (Sculpture Lab) at 36 Edgewood
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  • You can format your file on the software “MakerBot Print” on your personal computer and then bring your file to the Makerbot on a USB drive. You can also format your file from designated lab computers with “MakerBot Print” installed on them. These computers will have a sticker on them that say “MakerBot.”
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  • PRINT SETUP INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MAKERBOT REPLICATOR +
  • File setup
  • 1) Open “MakerBot Print” on your personal computer or the lab computer.
  • You can download “MakerBot Print” on your home / studio computer here:
  • https://www.makerbot.com/3d-printers/apps/makerbot-print/
  • 2) Sign in with your MakerBot account.
  • Don’t have a MakerBot account?
  • Go here and make one: https://accounts.makerbot.com/
  • 3) PRINTER INSTALLATION
  • Click + to Add Printer / Add an Unconnected Printer / Replicator+ / Replicator + Export Only
  • Note: Here you are choosing the model of printer we have so that your file will be formatted in the software correctly for it.
  • 4) Once you have added a printer click back on the main interface to exit the add printer interface
  • 5) Drag and drop your file into MakerBot print then manage your settings.
  • Need help with settings?
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_rI2lkkdXo
  • 6) Click Export.
  • Export to your desktop then put the file on a USB thumb drive.
  • 7) Turn on the MakerBot using the switch on the back if it is off.
  • 8) Insert your USB thumb drive into MakerBot Replicator + USB port and follow the on-screen prompts to print your object.
  • THE EXTRUDER IS HOT! PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH IT!
  • PLEASE CONTACT art.help@yale.edu for support

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