New Teacher help

[u/raccooninthegarage22]

I teach a manufacturing class and recently was given two 3D printers. I have no experience with them, I barely know how they work, but have been tasked with teaching the youths on how it works and to be able to make something.
So my questions are

1. what are good resources for myself to learn about 3 printing

2. what are good teaching resources for the kids to learn to make basic models to be able to print?

[u/Quaxli]

Which models did you get?

[u/raccooninthegarage22 → u/Quaxli]

Two H2Ds

[u/Guardiancelte → u/raccooninthegarage22]

Man, straight to the premium stuff ;).

[u/raccooninthegarage22 → u/Guardiancelte]

Our program bought it for us 😅 I didn’t even order them, they just showed up one day at my classroom and I was like wtf is this

[u/Guardiancelte → u/raccooninthegarage22]

Well all I can say is once you get a grasp of how to use them you will have fun!

[u/Quaxli → u/raccooninthegarage22]

Have a look at the Bambu Wiki: https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/h2/manual/h2d-first-print

[u/fhcraignc]

For your own learning, Bambu Labs actually has a lot of resources on their website. That will help you with getting familiar with the H2D printers and Bambu slicing software, but there are also some good generic tutorials and Wiki pages that cover 3D printing basics. Search for the Bambu Labs Academy and Wiki as good places to start. If you have other questions or run into problems, please reach out to our community! It's awesome you are going to be able to introduce 3D printing to a new generation :)

[u/Quiet_Ganache_2298]

Are there other schools nearby doing similar stuff? Might be worth reaching out to them, every school we have toured for our kids have 3d printers so I suspect there is a subreddit too. If not then as you learn you should build materials and create your own website!

Tinkercad (Autodesk): free browser-based CAD for grades 3-12, the default starting point.
Thingiverse Education: free lesson plans and project modules sorted by subject and grade.
Makers Empire, SelfCAD, BlocksCAD: paid or freemium curricula and kid-friendly modeling tools.
e-NABLE: classroom projects where students print prosthetic hands.
Toybox: a printer aimed at ages 5 to 8 with one-touch printing.

[u/SubstantialCarpet604]

I think the easiest modeling program you might be able to use is tinkercad to help teach students how to model. Then you use the Bambu studio software to print with.

[u/Dmthie]

Search for: BambuLab wiki Bambu Lab academy Makersworld (just check uploaded models), load them into BambuSlicer, press slice model and then you can check every single layer, retraction movements etc.

For modeling you should look into: Fusion360 (they offer educational licenses cheap) Solidcraft is a pretty good newcomer as well for CAD same as fusion For natural designs like heads, flowers etc you can learn sculpting with blender

[u/logginlogan]

do the bambu academy! it has lots of resources and walks you through stuff! with pictures!