3D Printing
Welcome to DU3D print lab – a state of the art 3D printing facility, utilising Polyjet and FDM Technologies. DU3D print lab provides access to high-end technologies in product realisation for students, industry and the wider Deakin community.
Whether you want to learn the technology and methods yourself or need some additional expertise on your next project, we are here to help.
Spaces and open times
The 3D printing lab KE1.201 is open from 9am–3pm weekdays.
No after-hours access is available.
Accessing the lab
To obtain student access to the lab and its equipment you must first complete the inductions provided to you. If you are unsure of anything or have other enquiries including research support, please contact the technical team listed below.
To obtain access to the lab and its equipment, please refer to the inductions page.
In brief, you must compete the following prior to using the laboratories:
- online lab safety training modules
- project risk assessment or Work Safety Assessment
- local area induction session
- equipment-specific induction.
Printing your parts
To 3D-print your parts, the tech team requires compatible STL files to print from. Please follow the steps in the video to create dimensionally-correct STL files in Fusion 360.
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Here. I'm going to demonstrate how we can export stuff which can then be submitted for 3D printing.
We want to ensure our unit saying MMS under the document settings to 3D print part we click make.
And click on the body that would like to 3D print. This would generate a preview of our mesh.
We can select different refinement options similar to Inventor.
We want to ensure that sent 3D print utility is unchecked.
And then we can click okay. This will prompt you to save your file.
Click Save if you need any more assistance or guidance.
You can always visit the Tech Assist website for 3D printing.
Exporting STL files for 3D printing
Learn how to correctly export your files for 3D printing.
Send your 3D printing STL files to:
- eng-sem200@deakin.edu.au for unit code SEM200
- eng-ser300@deakin.edu.au for unit code SER300
- sebe-eng-3d@deakin.edu.au for all other units.
For print times over 3 hours, please utilise after-hours time slots from 4pm (maximum 15 hours) or send your STL files to the relevant email.
3D Printing contact details
Please email your local area Tech Staff at sebe-eng-3d@deakin.edu.au (or eng-burwood-3d@deakin.edu.au for Burwood) if you have any questions.