3D Printing at the Yale School of Art

• NOTE THAT CURRENTLY ONLY ONE STUDENT IS ALLOWED AT A TIME IN OUR OPEN LABS
• There are two MakerBot Replicator + machines available at the Yale School of Art. 24 hour access 3D Printing is available on these two machines for Yale School of Art graduate students, art majors, and students enrolled in art classes.
• You can send prints remotely from your personal computer in the Edgewood or Green Hall buildings. Alternately, you can edit your file on your personal computer and then bring your file to the printer and print manually. In addition you can send prints from the lab computers in the labs with 3-D printers.
• Note that at the moment there is a one person per lab policy to comply with social distancing protocols so at times sending or editing a print remotely may be handy.
• PRINT SETUP INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MAKERBOT REPLICATOR +
• 1) Turn on the MakerBot using the switch on the back if it is off.
• (In general, please leave the MakerBot on so people can access it remotely.)
• 2) 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/
• 3) Sign in with your MakerBot account.
• Don’t have a MakerBot account?
• Go here and make one: https://accounts.makerbot.com/
• 4) 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.
• 5) Once you have added a printer click back on the main interface to exit the add printer interface
• 6) Drag and drop your file into MakerBot print then manage your settings.
• Need help with settings?
• https://support.makerbot.com/learn/makerbot-desktop-software/print-settings/basic-print-settings_11932
• 7) Click Export.
• Export to your desktop then put the file on a USB thumb drive.
• 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