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This 2-page resource provides curriculum information for Somerset Community College's 3D Printing Technician- Level I certificate. The certificate prepares students to design for and apply 3D printing towards many basic applications. "Areas of study will incorporate a foundational understanding of...

This 2-page program overview provides information about Somerset Community College's Digital Printing technology (3D Printing) Certificate: 3D Printing Technician-Level I. The program overview includes program details, information about the 3D printing field, and the top ten fields where 3D printing...

These presentation slides, created by Gary Coykendall, provide information on reporting data for test specimens. Topics include intent, element requirements, materials and process reporting requirements, test and inspection reporting requirements, and report header requirement. An additive...

These presentation slides, created by Gary Coykendall, provide information about the .AMF file format. The presentation includes an overview of the industry standard .STL file format and then describes .AMF. Topics include general structure, geometry specification, restrictions on geometry, material...

In this 26-page report, Eric Wooldridge of KCTCS Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence at Somerset Community College presents a Life Cycle Assessment of the environmental impacts of two different Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes: the conventional plastic injection molding (IM) and the use...

This video was presented at a TED conference in 2013 and features Skylar Tibbits, a TED fellow, artist, and computational architect. In the video, Tibbits discusses 4D printing, an emerging technology that will allow the creation of printed objects that can reshape themselves or self-assemble...

This article introduces the Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence at Somerset Community College (SCC) and explores the potential effects of Additive Manufacturing (AM) in Kentucky's manufacturing sector. As manufacturing companies have been adopting AM, 3D-printing has changed traditional...

This website, created by MakerBot Industries, hosts the 3D design community Thingiverse. Thingiverse is a collection of 3D printed models, uploaded by users, and made freely available for others to use and customize. The various 3D objects files can be browsed via the explore tab on the website....

This website, created by Autodesk, Inc., provides a tool, Tinkercad, to create and print models for 3D printing. This browser-based 3D design and modeling tool allows users to create their own designs and print them using their own 3D printers or third party printing services. In addition, there is...

This webinar, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), provides an overview of the additive manufacturing industry in 2012. Additive manufacturing "...integrates cloud computing, high end image processing, product design, and business sectors from archeological construction...